GARRULOUS
(also see TALKATIVE)
ADJECTIVES
1553 — GAGGLING garrulous, chattering
1577 — TICKLE-TONGUED loose of tongue; talkative; garrulous → obs.
1583 — BABBLATIVE given to babbling; talkative, loquacious, garrulous, prating
1610 — TONGUE-RIPE garrulous, loquacious, talkative, voluble, glib → obs.
1656 — INANILOQUENT full of empty or idle talk; talking foolishly, babbling; speaking vainly or emptily; loquacious, garrulous → obs.
1656 — POLYLOQUENT talking much, very talkative, loquacious, garrulous → obs.
1665 — BRIBBLE-BRABBLE chattering, garrulous; quarrelling → obs.
1719 — GABBIE → GABBY garrulous, chatty, talkative; fluent in speech → Sc.
1721 — HAVERING chattering, nonsensical, gossiping, garrulous → Sc.
1721 — INANILOQUOUS full of empty or idle talk; loquacious, garrulous; speaking inanely, babbling → obs.
1825 — NEWSIE → NEWSY inclined to gossip, talkative, garrulous, talking a lot → Sc.
1865 — BABBLY full of babble, chattering, prating, garrulous
1876 — RATTLE-TONGUED talkative, garrulous, gossiping → Amer. dial.
1883 — CHINNY talkative; garrulous
1901 — RABBIN babbling, talkative, garrulous → Sc.
1923 — YATTERIN endlessly talking, garrulous → Sc.
NOUNS, PERSON
1632 — MAGPIE a garrulous person
1772 — HAIVEREL → HAIVREL → HAVEREL → HAVERIL → HAVREL a foolishly chattering or garrulous person; a fool, a half-wit, a simpleton → Sc.
..19C — CLACK-BOX a garrulous person; a chatterbox → Eng. dial.
1825 — FAG-MA-FUFF a garrulous old woman → Sc. obs.
1825 — HAVERER a person given to foolish or inconsequential chattering; one who talks nonsense; a garrulous person, a chatterbox → chiefly Sc.
1856 — WINDY-WALLET a garrulous, frothy talker → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1876 — RATTLE-TONGUE a garrulous or gossiping person → Amer. dial.
1880 — YABBLE a garrulous person; a chatterbox → Sc.
1880 — YABBLOCK a chattering, talkative person; a garrulous person → Sc.
1897 — HAIVER → HAVER a stupid, chattering person; an incoherent or garrulous person; a lazy, idle fellow → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1897 — HAVERS a stupid, chattering person; an incoherent or garrulous person; a lazy, idle fellow → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1898 — BALDERTON a garrulous, complaining person → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
..20C — JOHNNY WALKER a garrulous person → rhyming sl. for ‘talker’
1904 — RATTLETRAP a talkative, garrulous, or gossiping person; a lively giddy girl → Eng. & Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — MAG a chatterer; a chatterbox; a talkative, garrulous person → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — YIRP a prating, garrulous person → Sc.
1934 — EAR-BENDER a talkative or garrulous bore → US sl.
1950 — BITCH SQUEAK a telltale, a garrulous female → US sl.
1957 — SHACK-ROUSER → SHACK-ROUSTER a nickname for a garrulous person → Amer. dial.
1965 — BALLOON a bully, a garrulous person, one full of hot air; a self-important or boastful idiot; a fool → Sc. & Irish English colloq.
1966 — RATTLEHEAD a talkative, garrulous, or gossiping person → Amer. dial.
1966 — RATTLEMOUTH a talkative, garrulous, or gossiping person → Amer. dial.
1999 — PARROT MOUTH a garrulous or talkative person → Aust. sl. (Bk.)