Word of the Day for Thursday June 23, 2005 voluble \VOL-yuh-buhl\, adjective: 1. Characterized by a ready flow of speech. 2. Easily rolling or turning; rotating. 3. (Botany) Having the power or habit of turning or twining. Rostow was voluble, exuberant and full of good and sometimes foolish ideas. --Kai Bird, [1]The Color of Truth Two glasses of wine made him voluble and three made him bellicose, sentimental and sometimes slurred. --"How Nixon turned into Tricky Dicky," [2]Daily Telegraph, March 9, 1999 He listened patiently and with quiet amusement to my enthusiasm. Indeed, this turned out to be our pattern: I, more ignorant but more voluble, would babble on, while he would offer an occasional objection or refinement. --Phillip Lopate, [3]Totally, Tenderly, Tragically Her tongue, so voluble and kind, It always runs before her mind. --Matthew Prior, "Truth and Falsehood" _________________________________________________________ Voluble derives from Latin volubilis, "revolving, rolling, fluent," from volvere, "to roll." References 1. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0684856441/ref=nosim/lexico 2. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/ 3. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0385492502/ref=nosim/lexico Dictionary.com Entry and Pronunciation http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=9&q=voluble