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voluble

adjective/ˈvɒljʊbəl/

C2CEFR level
82/100Rarity: very rare
FormalRegister

Speaking fluently, readily and at great length.

A voluble host, he kept the table entertained until midnight.

Similar: talkative, garrulous

Topic: Persuasion & rhetoric in General English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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