Voluble
Voluble , adjective
[Latin volubilis, from volvere, volutum, to roll, to turn round; akin to Greek {not transcribed} to infold, to inwrap, {not transcribed} to roll, German welle a wave: compare French voluble. Compare French Well of water, Convolvulus, Devolve, Involve, Revolt, Vault an arch, Volume, Volute.]
1.
Easily rolling or turning; easily set in motion; apt to roll; rotating; as, voluble particles of matter.
2.
Moving with ease and smoothness in uttering words; of rapid speech; nimble in speaking; glib; as, a flippant, voluble, tongue.
[Cassio,] a knave very voluble.
Voluble was used formerly to indicate readiness of speech merely, without any derogatory suggestion. “A grave and voluble eloquence.”
3.
Changeable; unstable; fickle. [Obsolete]
4.
(Botany) Having the power or habit of turning or twining; as, the voluble stem of hop plants.
Collocations (1)
Voluble stem (Botany) , a stem that climbs by winding, or twining, round another body.