ˈvälyəbəl adjective
Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French voluble, from Latin volubilis, from Latin volvere to roll, turn, revolve + -bilis capable of being acted upon; akin to Greek eilyein to roll, wrap, fold, Gothic -walwjan to roll, Old English walwian, wealwian, Old High German wellan to roll, Old Slavic valiti to roll, trundle, Sanskrit valati he turns; basic meaning: turning, rolling
1.
a. : easily rolling or turning : easily set in motion : apt to roll : rotating, revolving
b. : having the power or habit of twining
a voluble plant stem
2. : changeable , unstable , fickle
3. : characterized by ease and smoothness of utterance : characterized by ready or rapid speech : glib , fluent
seemed voluble , prone to speech as I had never seen him before — Jack London
that he, who once had been so voluble , should have become almost inarticulate — Ellen Glasgow
Synonyms: see talkative , vocal