† rimble-ramble, a. Obs.
[Echoic reduplication of ramble n.1: cf. skimble-skamble.]
Vaguely discursive, wordy, rambling.
| 1690 Pagan Prince vii. 20 Hence it was that the greatest part of the Task was only Rimble ramble Discourse. 1694 Motteux Rabelais iv. vii. 30, I hate a gibble gabble and a rimble ramble Talk. I am for a Man of Brevity. |