01 a. Easily rolling or turning; easily set in motion; apt to roll; rotating; as, voluble particles of matter.
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1.
Easily rolling or turning; easily set in motion; apt to roll; rotating; as, voluble particles of matter.
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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.” — Shak.
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3.
Changeable; unstable; fickle.[Obs.]
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4.
Having the power or habit of turning or twining; as, the voluble stem of hop plants.(Bot.)
Phrases & compounds
Voluble stem —
a stem that climbs by winding, or twining, round another body.