▪ I. † ˈblabbering, vbl. n.
[f. blabber v. + -ing1.]
Inarticulate, imperfect or foolish speaking; babble.
| c 1375 Wyclif Serm. Sel. Wks. I. 127 And so to blaberynge in þis speche mannis voicis ben not sufficient. a 1400 Cov. Myst. 384 Ces now youre blaberyng in the develis name. 1513 Douglas æneis Prol. 33 This ignorant blabring imperfyte. 1795 T. Taylor Apuleius (1822) 234 The vain blabbering of that iniquitous knave. |
▪ II. † ˈblabbering, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
Speaking inarticulately or irrationally; babbling.
| c 1410 Love Bonavent. Mirr. xl. 88 (Gibbs MS.) He þat is vnknowynge and blaberynge. c 1430 Hymns Virg. (1867) 108 Þat blaberyng are wiþ oþes blent. 1509 Barclay Shyp of Folys (1570) 38 Blabbering fooles superflue of language. 1549 Compl. Scot. vi. 38 Blaberand eccho. |