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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Gar·ru·lous a.
 1. Talking much, especially about commonplace or trivial things; talkative; loquacious.
    The most garrulous people on earth.   --De Quincey.
 2. Zool. Having a loud, harsh note; noisy; -- said of birds; as, the garrulous roller.
 Syn: -- Garrulous, Talkative, Loquacious.
 Usage: A garrulous person indulges in long, prosy talk, with frequent repetitions and lengthened details; talkative implies simply a great desire to talk; and loquacious a great flow of words at command. A child is talkative; a lively woman is loquacious; an old man in his dotage is garrulous.
 -- Gar*ru*lous*ly, adv. -- Gar*ru*lous*ness, n.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 garrulousness
      n : the quality of being wordy and talkative [syn: garrulity,
          loquaciousness, loquacity, talkativeness]