What is the Latin word for babbler?

The usual Latin words for “babbler” are garrulus, loquāx. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“babbler” in Latin

garrulustalkative, garrulous loquāxtalkative, chatty, loquacious

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

babbler

garrulus; loquax (the garrulus is tiresome from the quality, the loquax from the quantity, of what he says): qui silere tacenda nequit.

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What is the Latin word for babbler?: The usual Latin words for “babbler” are garrulus, loquāx. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.