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twittle-twattle
† ˈtwittle-ˌtwattle Obs. Also 6 twitle twattle, twitell-twaytel. [app. altered from tittle-tattle: see twattle n.1] Idle talk, tittle-tattle. Also attrib.1556 Olde Antichrist 7 b, Suche a kynde of religioun, as hath more twitle twattle toyes in it, then the Leuitical lawe. 1565 Abp. Parker Corr. (Pa...
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twiddle-twaddle
ˈtwiddle-ˈtwaddle [Reduplication of twaddle n.: cf. twittle-twattle.] Mere twaddle or foolish chatter. Also attrib.1798 C. Smith Yng. Philos. I. 164 Then my Aunt will come with her tendernesses, and her tears, and twiddle twaddle ways of dear niecing and sweet girling me. 1868 J. Greenwood in Morn. ...
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twittle
† ˈtwittle, v. Obs. [app. altered from tittle v.1; cf. twittle-twattle.] trans. To utter idly, chatter, babble: = tittle v.11577 Stanyhurst Descr. Irel. Ep. to Sir H. Sidney, in Holinshed Chron. (1587) II. 6 His hystorie..twitled more tales out of schoole, and drowned weightyer matters in silence, t...
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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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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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prittle-prattle
▪ I. prittle-prattle, n. Now rare. (ˈprɪt(ə)lˌpræt(ə)l) [Reduplicated extension of prattle n.] Trivial, worthless, or idle talk; also, light, easy, familiar conversation, small talk; chatter, tittle-tattle; childish prattle. Also attrib.1556 Olde Antichrist 9 b, I could easily contemne their prittle...
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