If someone is garrulous, you might say they’re talkative. If they like to amble about, you can describe them as walkative. In fact, there’s a Walkative Society in England. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Walkative”
So if somebody’s really garrulous, you might describe them as talkative, right?
Mm—
What if the person likes to travel all over the place by foot? How would you describe them? They like to go walkabout? I don’t know. Is there a word for it? There is. Like talkative, it’s walkative.
Oh, ha, ha, ha. Of course. Seriously, seriously. It’s a somewhat rare word, but there’s citations for it going back to 1764. So walkative. I tend to be walkative myself. It’s one of the things I dislike about car culture is that I’m forced to drive when I’d rather walk.
Right, right. So walkative means inclined to walk, characterized by walking. There’s actually a walkative society in London.
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