Volubleness

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The attribute of being fluent in speech and comfortable in conversation highlights an individual's tendency to be expressive and engage willingly with others
2. This characteristic encompasses a readiness for dialogue and the ability to articulate thoughts coherently and effortlessly
3. The quality of speaking easily and at length, showing comfort in verbal expression

Etymology: Voluble comes from Latin "volubilis", meaning "rolling" or "turning easily", from "volvere", "to roll". The sense of rolling easily gave rise to the idea of speech flowing smoothly, so a voluble person is one whose words roll out without effort. The word thus began as a physical image of something that turns freely and only later came to describe talk. Volubleness is simply voluble with the English suffix "-ness", which turns an adjective into a noun naming a quality. The suffix is old and productive, attached to native English adjectives such as "kindness" and "goodness", and it is used here to name the state of being fluent and expansive in speech.

Synonyms: fluency, eloquence, articulateness, expressiveness, glibness

Antonyms: tacitness, inarticulateness, muteness, silence, reticence