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Excessively or tiresomely talkative.
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* 1984 , "A Modern Whitman," by James Atlas. The Atlantic , Dec 1984.
(of something written or performed) Excessively wordy and rambling.
(obsolete) Polished, burnished; smooth; fine, neat, spruce.
(of speech or style) Brief, concise, to the point.
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* {{quote-news, year=2012, date=June 4, author=Lewis Smith, work=the Guardian
, title= Abruptly or brusquely short.
As an adjective garrulous
is excessively or tiresomely talkative.As a verb terse is
.garrulous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Crammed with gossip, anecdotes, and confessions . . ., his garrulous , untidy narratives read like a good novel.
Synonyms
* (excessively or tiresomely talkative) (l), (l), (l), (l) * (excessively wordy and rambling) (l), (l), (l) * See also * See alsoDerived terms
* (l) * (l)terse
English
Adjective
(er)- "A consise and comprehensive dictionary of general knowledge consisting of over 16,000 terse and original articles on nearly all subjects discussed in larger encyclopaedias,"
Queen's English Society says enuf is enough, innit?, passage=Having attempted to identify a role for the society and its magazine, Quest, "for the next 40 years", the society chairman, Rhea Williams, decided it was time to close. She announced the group's demise in a terse message to members following the annual meeting, which just 22 people attended.}}