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   Voluble , a. [L. volubilis, fr. volvere, volutum, to roll, to turn round; akin to Gr.  to infold, to inwrap,  to roll, G. welle a wave: cf. F. voluble.  Cf. F. Well of water, Convolvulus, Devolve, Involve, Revolt, Vault an arch, Volume, Volute.]
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   Easily rolling or turning; easily set in motion; apt to roll; rotating; as, voluble particles of matter.
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   Moving with ease and smoothness in uttering words; of rapid speech; nimble in speaking; glib; as, a flippant, voluble, tongue.
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   [Cassio,] a knave very voluble.
   Shak.
   
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   ☞ Voluble was used formerly to indicate readiness of speech merely, without any derogatory suggestion. “A grave and voluble eloquence.”
   Bp. Hacket.
   
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   Changeable; unstable; fickle.  [Obs.]
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   (Bot.) Having the power or habit of turning or twining; as, the voluble stem of hop plants.
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   Voluble stem (Bot.), a stem that climbs by winding, or twining, round another body.
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   -- Vol"u*ble*ness, n. -- Vol"u*bly, adv.
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