different between voluble vs speechful

English

Etymology

From Middle French volubile, from Latin vol?bilis (“rolling”), from volv? (“roll”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?v?l.j?.b?l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?v?l.j?.b?l/
• Hyphenation: vol?u?ble

Adjective

voluble (comparative more voluble, superlative most voluble)

1. (of a person or a manner of speaking) Fluent or having a ready flow of speech.

   Synonyms: garrulous, loquacious, tonguey; see also Thesaurus:talkative

   Antonym: halting
2. Of thoughts, feelings, or something that is expressed: expressed readily or at length and in a fluent manner.
   • 1886, William Dean Howells, The Minister's Charge, ch. 6:

     [H]e heard the voice of the drunken woman, now sober, poured out in voluble remorse, and in voluble promise of amendment for the future, to every one who passed, if they would let her off easy.
3. Easily rolling or turning; having a fluid, undulating motion.

   Synonym: steady

   • 1935, Leonard Barnes, Zulu Paraclete: A Sentimental Record, Peter Davies, page 22:

     Seen from the west, their sky-line gallops away north and south like a sea-serpent in voluble motion.

4. (botany) Twisting and turning like a vine.

Related terms

• volubility
• volubleness

Translations

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin vol?bilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bo?luble/, [bo?lu.??le]

Adjective

voluble (plural volubles)

1. voluble; fickle

Further reading

• “voluble” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin vol?bilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bo?luble/, [bo?lu.??le]

Adjective

voluble (plural volubles)

1. voluble; fickle

Further reading

• “voluble” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology 1

speech +? -ful

Adjective

speechful (comparative more speechful, superlative most speechful)

1. voluble; loquacious

   He was never speechful, and grew more word-shy with years.

   • 1914, Thomas Hardy, "In Front of the Landscape"

     O they were speechful faces, gazing insistent […]

Translations

Etymology 2

speech +? -ful

Noun

speechful (plural speechfuls)

1. The entire contents of a speech.