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twittle-twattle, adj. & n. meanings, etymology and more
The earliest known use of the word twittle-twattle is in the mid 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for twittle-twattle is from 1556, in a translation ...
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twittle-twattle - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
twittle-twattle (plural twittle-twattles). (archaic) Frivolous chatter or gossip; gabble, tattle. Synonym: (obsolete) twit-twat.
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Grandiloquent Word of the Day - Twattle [TWAHD-l] (v.) - To talk in a ...
-Trivial, feeble, silly, or tedious talk or writing. Combination of “twiddle” (to do nothing; be idle) and “tattle” (to let out secrets - to ...
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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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TWATTLE Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
Twittle twattle, Mr. Congleton; the one may be avoided, the other not. ... Twattle, twot′l, v.i. to twaddle.—v.t. to repeat idly.—n. chatter: a dwarf.—ns.
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twittle-twattle, n. [See Twattle.]. Tattle; gabble. L'Estrange. [1913 Webster]. For further exploring ...
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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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TWIDDLE-TWADDLE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of TWIDDLE-TWADDLE is empty chatter : twaddle.
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TWATTLE definition in American English - Collins 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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TWITTLE-TWATTLE was an 18th century word meaning idle or vile chatter.
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twittle-twat, n. meanings, etymology and more
twittle-twat is apparently formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: twittle-twattle n. See etymology. Nearby entries. twitterpated ...
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Twaddle - World Wide Words
Twaddle, meaning trivial or foolish speech or writing, has been in the language since the latter part of the eighteenth century.
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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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