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drivelling
▪ I. ˈdrivelling, -eling, vbl. n. [f. as prec. + -ing1.] The action of the verb drivel. 1. A running at the nose and mouth; slavering; concr. = slaver.1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. vii. lxvii. (1495) 284 Yf the dreuelynge of a woode hounde fallyth in to the water, it enfectyth the water. 1563–87 Foxe ...
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Thomas Maude
Poems, 1824;
Letter to a Member of the New Opposition, 1827;
An Apology for the System of Public and Classical Education, 1828: "away then with the drivelling
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drippy
drippy, a. (ˈdrɪpɪ) [f. drip + -y1.] 1. Characterized by dripping; wet, rainy.1817–18 Cobbett Resid. U.S. (1822) 50 The drippy and chilly climate of England. 1868 Longfellow in Life (1891) III. 108 In town. Muddy, sloppy, drippy. 2. Drivelling, sloppily sentimental; having the characteristics of a ‘...
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Nathaniel Mist
Eleven months later, he called George I "a cruel ill-bred uneducated old Tyrant, and the drivelling Fool his Son" and was imprisoned for not revealing
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beslobber
beslobber, v. (bɪˈslɒbə(r)) Also 4–5 bislaber. [f. be- 1 + slobber v.] To wet and befoul with saliva (= to beslaver), or with portions of liquid food escaping from the mouth; to kiss like a drivelling child; hence, to kiss childishly or effusively; fig. to cover with fulsome flattery.1393 Langl. P. ...
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John Lydgate
progressively longer, and it is regarding Lydgate's later poetry that Joseph Ritson's harsh characterization of him is based: 'A voluminous, prosaick and drivelling
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driveller
driveller, -eler (ˈdrɪv(ə)lə(r)) [f. drivel v. + -er1.] 1. One who drivels or slavers.1530 Palsgr. 215/2 Drivelar that driveleth, baueux. 1616 Surfl. & Markh. Country Farme 119 The other [cattle]..do greatly desire and delight in that which these driuelers do leaue vpon the edges of the rackes, and ...
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Cratinus
A grammarian describes the background of the play as follows: In 424 BC, Aristophanes produced The Knights, in which he described Cratinus "as a drivelling
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maundering
▪ I. maundering, vbl. n. (ˈmɔːndərɪŋ) [f. maunder v.2 + -ing1.] † 1. The action of grumbling or muttering. Obs.1611 Middleton & Dekker Roaring Girle L, Mol. Be sure you meete mee there. Trap. Without any more maundring I'le doo't. a 1716 South Serm. (1823) V. 245 The maunderings of discontent are li...
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Agapius Honcharenko
These actions made him a thorn in the side of pro-Tsarist Russians, who called his writings "the drivelling of a half crazy old man."
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bumbard
▪ I. † bumbard, -art, n. and a. Obs. Also 6 bombard. [f. bum bumb, v.2 + -ard. Cf. also bowbert in a similar sense.] A. n. A bumble-bee, a drone; also fig. a droning person, a driveller. Cf. bumble n.1 2.c 1505 Dunbar Twa Mariit Wem. & Wedo 91 Ane bumbart, ane dron bee, ane bag full of flewme. Ibid....
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drivel
drivel/ˈdrɪvl; `drɪvl/ n[U]silly nonsense 傻话; 胡言 Don't talk drivel! 别胡说八道! drivel, v (-ll-; US -l-) [I, Ipr, Ip]~ (on) (about sth) talk or write drivel 说或写无聊的内容; 胡说; 胡写 He was drivelling on about the meaning of life. 他喋喋不休地胡诌什麽人生的意义.
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Cold Dog Soup (film)
negative review for the film, timeout.com wrote that "no stone is left unturned by Thomas Pope's horribly repetitive script, or by Alan Metter in his drivelling
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drivel
▪ I. † ˈdrivel, n.1 Obs. Forms: 3–6 drivel, 5–6 dryvyl(le, -ell, drevyll, -ill, -ell, drewell, -ill, 6 drivell. [Early ME.: app. of Low German origin; = MDu. drevel scullion, turnspit, lit. ‘driver, tool for driving’ (OHG. tribil, MHG. tribel, mod.G. triebel driver), f. MDu. drîven, OHG. trîben to d...
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Raid on Kielce Prison
arrests and repressions, a widespread propaganda operation was carried out, in which soldiers of the former Home Army were presented as "imperialists" and "drivelling
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