jawsmith
n. a talkative person

meropic
adj. able to speak

obmutescent
adj. speechless; remaining mute

Mr. Justice Norris, in the Calcutta High Court, recently delivered what is understood to be the shortest summing-up on record. It was as follows: ‘Gentlemen of the jury, the prisoner has nothing to say, and I have nothing to say. What have you got to say?’

— The Green Bag, October 1890