different between maundering vs garrulous

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?m??nd????/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?m??nd????/, /?m??nd????/

Noun

maundering (plural maunderings)

1. A rambling or pointless discourse.
   • 1935-36 — Robert E. Howard, The Hour of the Dragon, ch 11

     "But this is madness!" protested Trocero. "The maunderings of a heretical priest, the mumblings of a mad witch-woman."

Verb

maundering

1. present participle of maunder

Related terms

• maunder

Anagrams

• undreaming, unmargined

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin garrulus (“talkative”), from the verb garri? (“I chatter”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??æ?.?.l?s/, /??æ?.j?.l?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /????.?.l?s/, /????.j?.l?s/, /??æ?.?.l?s/, /??æ?.j?.l?s/

Adjective

garrulous (comparative more garrulous, superlative most garrulous)

1. Excessively or tiresomely talkative.

   Synonyms: chatty, talkative, long-winded, loquacious, tonguey, voluble; see also Thesaurus:talkative

   • 1984, "A Modern Whitman," by James Atlas. The Atlantic, Dec 1984.

     Crammed with gossip, anecdotes, and confessions . . ., his garrulous, untidy narratives read like a good novel.

2. (of something written or performed) Excessively wordy and rambling.

   Synonyms: bombastic, rambling, wordy; see also Thesaurus:verbose

Derived terms

• garrulously
• garrulousness

Related terms

• garrulity

Translations