Garrulous

[Cacasenno]

garrulous


SYLLABICATION: gar·ru·lous

ADJECTIVE: 1. Given to excessive and often trivial or rambling talk; tiresomely talkative. 2. Wordy and rambling: a garrulous speech.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin garrulus, from garrre, to chatter.
OTHER FORMS: garru·lous·ly —ADVERB
garru·lous·ness —NOUN

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

[sluggo]

Nice word.
Previously invoked in a related storyhere.

~Sluggo, eschewing obfuscation in uncharacteristically pithyful manner

[Cacasenno]

Nice word.
Previously invoked in a related storyhere.

~Sluggo, eschewing obfuscation in uncharacteristically pithyful manner

For a time, one of my early favorite incipit was:

"Come they did."

(and then the author went on and on for many pages, in anything but a succinct way, before disclosing who came). Curse I did.

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Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy has what I consider to be one of the best incipit of all times.

"Midway in the journey of our life........"

But then, it took him all the time in the world to write it down.

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And here is one from a 19th century short poem I was recently reading:

"There stauds the Cottage-Girl so poor,
.........."

One pizza with funghi if yoll discover the author.
Two pizze with funghi if yoll discover the original words.

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Bulwer-Lytton's opening fame reached Italy, though we would hardly be able to quote the author:

"Era una notte buia e tempestosa......")

[gailr]

I"Era una notte buia e tempestosa......"

I have a lovely old set of Bulwer-Lytton's Compleat Works which I purchased for one reason only...

THE PEN IS MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD

...his family motto inscribed with raised, gilded lettering on a ribbon entwined artistically around the crest on all the embossed covers. Alas, no one in the entire production and distribution process noticed that the spacing was missing between a couple of words. Apparently his Post-Victorian audience was OK with it, though.

[Cacasenno]

I"Era una notte buia e tempestosa......"

I have a lovely old set of Bulwer-Lytton's Compleat Works which I purchased for one reason only...

THE PEN IS MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD

...his family motto inscribed with raised, gilded lettering on a ribbon entwined artistically around the crest on all the embossed covers. Alas, no one in the entire production and distribution process noticed that the spacing was missing between a couple of words. Apparently his Post-Victorian audience was OK with it, though.

Personally, with my stammering English, I wouldn't have noticed