adj. 1. Marked by a ready flow of speech; fluent. 2. a. Turning easily on an axis; rotating. b. Botany Twining or twisting: a voluble vine. [Middle English, moving easily, from Old French, from Latin volūbilis, revolving, fluent, from volvere, to roll; see wel-2 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] vol′u·bili·ty, volu·ble·ness n. volu·bly adv. |
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