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twaddling
twaddling, ppl. a. (ˈtwɒdlɪŋ) [f. twaddle n. or v.1 + -ing2.] 1. Having the character of twaddle; empty and prosy; rubbishy.1804 Edin. Rev. Jan. 448 And this twaddling stuff is supposed to be spoken by John of Gaunt! 1832 Lady Granville Lett. 8 Sept. (1894) II. 132 Dearest sis, what a twaddling lett...
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twattling
▪ I. ˈtwattling, vbl. n. Obs. exc. dial. [f. as prec. + -ing1.] The action of the verb twattle; idle talking, chattering.1586 J. Hooker Hist. Irel. in Holinshed II. 83/1 The continuall twatling of fliring clawbacks in their eares. 1634 W. Whately Redempt. Time 15 When one talkes toyes or trifles,..s...
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Michael Costa (conductor)
After twaddling in B flat for half-an-hour, he ventures for a few bars into F, then returns to B, and there is an end."
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mud | Etymology of mud by etymonline
Mud-room "room for removing wet or muddy footwear" is by 1938. The expression clear as mud (that is, "not clear at all") is by 1796. To throw or hurl mud "make disgraceful accusations" is from 1762. To say (one's) name is mud and mean "(one) is discredited" is recorded from 1823, from mud in obsolete sense of "a stupid twaddling fellow" (1708).
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twaddle
▪ I. twaddle, n. (a.) (ˈtwɒd(ə)l) [Origin obscure: not found a 1780; perh. an alteration of the earlier twattle (known as v. from 1573, as n. from 1639; in twittle-twattle from c 1550).] 1. Senseless, silly, or trifling talk or writing; empty verbosity; dull and trashy statement or discourse; empty ...
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Thomas Bailey Aldrich
absolute idiot—and does not know it ... and her husband, the sincerest man that walks ... tied for life to this vacant hellion, this clothes-rack, this twaddling
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Cyril Briggs
realization that "the salvation of his race and an honorable solution of the American Race Problem call for action and decision in preference to the twaddling
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Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli
After twaddling in B-flat for half-an-hour, he ventures for a few bars into F, then returns to B, and there is an end."
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novelette
novelette (nɒvəˈlɛt) Also novellette. [f. novel n. 3 b + -ette; or ad. It. novelletta.] 1. A story of moderate length having the characteristics of a novel. Now freq. applied to a short romantic or sentimental novel of inferior quality.1814 J. C. Dunlop Hist. Fiction II. vii. 127 The endless variety...
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Yarrow poems (Wordsworth)
Scott's biographer Edgar Johnson called it "twaddling moralistic doggerel", though Donald Sultana felt that that did not do this "moving lyric" justice
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essay
▪ I. essay, n. (ˈɛseɪ) In 7 pl. essaies, -yes. [a. OF. essai, essay: see assay n. For several of the senses see also say. In 18th c. the accent. was sometimes on the 2nd syll.] I. The action or process of trying or testing. † 1. A trial, testing, proof; experiment; = assay n. 1, 3. Obs.c 1600 Shakes...
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cup
▪ I. cup, n. (kʌp) Forms: α. 1–7 cuppe, (4–5 kuppe), 4–7 cupp, 6– cup, (6 Sc. culp(p). β. 3–5 cupe, 3–6 coupe, 4–5 cowpe, 6 Sc. coup, cowp. γ. 3–5 coppe, 4–5 cope, (5 coop, 6 coope). [OE. cuppe wk. fem., supposed to be ad. late L. cuppa, the source of It. coppa (close o), Pr., Sp., Pg. copa, OF. cop...
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mud
▪ I. mud, n.1 (mʌd) Forms: 4 mode, 4–6 mudde, 5 moode, 6 moude, mude, mwde, 7 mudd, 5– mud. [ME. mode, mudde, cogn. w. MLG., LG. mudde fem., LG. also mod, mōde, mūde mud, Du. modden to dabble in mud (? also with Du. modde slut), MHG. mot (G. dial. mott) bog, bog-earth, peat. An extended form appears...
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