Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

volubility

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.07 in modern English

Syllables: vol-u-bil-i-ty
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

the state of being voluble

Uncountable

noun

the degree to which someone is voluble

Countable

Example Sentences

"His volubility had left him at last, and he sank down wearily on my sofa. I felt that no words of condolence availed, and I let him lie there quietly."
"But there is no help for him — or for us, his readers — no way for him to stop the chattering by which he means to make his meaning clear […] Freddie Greenfield is doomed, then, and we are doomed along with him, victims of his volubility."

Etymology

From Latin volūbilitās. By surface analysis, voluble + -ity.

Usage

Inflected Forms

volubilities (plural)

Synonyms

fluency articulateness

Questions

What does volubility mean?: the state of being voluble
Where does volubility come from?: From Latin volūbilitās. By surface analysis, voluble + -ity.

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