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Tuesday, February 4, 2014

SUPREME WORD OF THE DAY: VOLUBLE


SUPREME WORD OF THE DAY
VOLUBLE
PRONUNCIATION:
(VOL-yuh-buhl) http://wordsmith.org/words/images/sound-icon.png

MEANING:
(adjective): Speaking incessantly or fluently.

ETYMOLOGY:
Via French, from Latin volvere (to roll). Ultimately from the Indo-European root wel- (to turn or roll), which also gave us waltz, revolve, valley, walk, vault, volume, wallet, and helix. Earliest documented use: 1575.

USAGE:
"As Mr Barroso, a voluble sort, talked about strong transatlantic relationships and the like, Mr Obama gazed stony-faced at his shoes."
A Surfeit of Leaders; The Economist (London, UK); Apr 8, 2009
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