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Webster 1913 Edition


Volubility

Volˊu-bil′i-ty

,
Noun.
[L.
volubilitas
: cf. F.
volubilité
.]
The quality or state of being voluble (in any of the senses of the adjective).

Webster 1828 Edition


Volubility

VOLUBIL'ITY

,
Noun.
[L. volubilitas, from volvo, to roll.]
1.
The capacity of being rolled; aptness to roll; as the volubility of a bowl.
2.
The act of rolling.
By irregular volutibility.
3.
Ready motion of the tongue in speaking; fluency of speech.
She ran over the catalogue of diversions with such a volubility of tongue, as drew a gentle reprimand from her father.
4.
Mutability; liableness to revolution; as the volubility of human affairs. [Unusual.]

Definition 2024


volubility

volubility

English

Noun

volubility (countable and uncountable, plural volubilities)

  1. (uncountable) the state of being voluble
  2. (countable) the degree to which someone is voluble

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