A verbose, talkative person; a character type from commedia dell'arte known for unnecessary talking and pedantic speech.
From Italian, associated with the character Gratiano from Venetian comedy tradition. The name itself derives from Latin 'gratia' (grace), but came to represent a comedic type.
Gratiano was a famous stock character in Italian street theater (commedia dell'arte) known for empty, flowery speech—Shakespeare even used a character named Gratiano in 'The Merchant of Venice,' showing how influential these comedy types were across all of European theater.
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