See Also: silico-(medicine)
silico-(dictionary)
voluble(medicine)
voluble(dictionary)
voluble(dictionary)

silico- (iou) and voluble (iou)


silico- (iou)



silico- combining form.
[from SILICA or SILICON: see -O-.]
Of, connected with, or containing silicon or silica, as silico-alkaline, silico-aluminous adjectives, silicocarnotite, silicofluoride nouns, etc.

voluble (iou)



voluble adjective. LME.
[French, or directly from Latin volubilis, from volu-: see VOLUME noun, -UBLE.]
a. Capable of or exhibiting ready rotation about a point or axis. Now rare. LME.
b. Botany. Twisting round Other plants; twining. M18.
Liable to change; inconstant, variable, mutable. Now rare. LME.
Moving rapidly and easily, esp. with a gliding or undulating movement. Now rare. L16.
Of a person, the tongue, etc.: characterized by fluent, vehement, or incessant speech. Of speech etc.: characterized by great fluency or readiness of utterance. L16.
J. Cary She suddenly broke into voluble animated speech. W. Plomer Mrs Bunstable was voluble, but I was hardly prepared for the flood of words.
volubleness noun E17.
volubly adverb E17.