adjective
- excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, especially about trivial matters.
- wordy or diffuse: a garrulous and boring speech.
adjective
- given to constant and frivolous chatter; loquacious; talkative
- wordy or diffuse; prolix
1610s, from Latin garrulus “talkative,” from garrire “to chatter,” from PIE root *gar- “to call, cry,” of imitative origin (cf. Greek gerys “voice, sound,” Ossetic zar “song,” Welsh garm, Old Irish gairm “noise, cry”). Related: Garrulously; garrulousness.