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TWATTLE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of TWATTLE is to talk idly : chatter, prate, twaddle.
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twattling, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
The earliest known use of the noun twattling is in the late 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for twattling is from 1577, in the writing of Richard Stanyhurst, ...
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twattling - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
twattling. present participle and gerund of twattle · Categories: English non-lemma forms · English verb forms. Hidden categories:.
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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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twattling, adj. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...
There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective twattling, one of which is labelled obsolete. See 'Meaning & use' for definitions, usage, ...
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Twattling does not make a person ultracrepidarian - Hindustan Times
It's a 16th-century word which means gossiping idly about unimportant things. Those who do it will tell you it's a most enjoyable way of passing the time.
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twiddling string
† twiddling string Obs. rare—1. Cf. twattling string, twattling ppl. a. 2.1594 Greene & Lodge Looking-gl. i. iii, For indeed, sir, she is a woman that hath her twidling strings broke.
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twattling - definition and meaning - Wordnik
from The Century Dictionary. noun A chatter; a gabbling. Gabbling; prating; twaddling. Small; trifling; insignificant.
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TWATTLE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
1. silly, trivial, or pretentious talk or writing; nonsense verb 2. to talk or write (something) in a silly or pretentious way.
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TWATTLE Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
Twattle definition: a rare word for twaddle. See examples of TWATTLE used in a sentence.
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twattle - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
twattling, simple past and past participle twattled). (archaic, ambitransitive) To talk in a digressive or long-winded way. 1671, Margaret Cavendish Duchess ...
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twattle, twattled, twattles, twattling - WordWeb Online
Noun: twattle. Usage: UK, dialect. Idle or foolish and irrelevant talk "The old men's twattle about the weather seemed to go on forever";
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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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twattle
▪ I. twattle, n.1 Now dial. (ˈtwɒt(ə)l) [The vb. and n. (known in 1573 and a 1639 respectively) were perh. altered from tattle; the earliest appearance of twattle yet recorded being in the reduplicated twittle-twattle (1556), app. from tittle-tattle (evidenced a 1529). The group of words tittle, tit...
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laxative
laxative, a. and n. (ˈlæksətɪv) Also 4–6 laxatif, -yf(e, 6 laxitive. [a. F. laxatif, -ive, ad. L. laxātīv-us, f. laxāre: see lax v. and -ative.] A. adj. Having the property of relaxing. 1. Of medicines, food, etc.: Having the property of loosening and evacuating the bowels.1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R...
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