Synonyms for babbling
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : bab-ling |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbæb lɪŋ |
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Définition of babbling
Origin :- mid-13c., babeln "to prattle, chatter," akin to other Western European words for stammering and prattling (cf. Swedish babbla, Old French babillier) attested from the same era, some of which probably were borrowed from others, but etymologists cannot now determine which were original. Probably imitative of baby-talk, in any case (cf. Latin babulus "babbler," Greek barbaros "non-Greek-speaking"). "No direct connexion with Babel can be traced; though association with that may have affected the senses" [OED]. Meaning "to repeat oneself incoherently, speak foolishly" is attested from c.1400. Related: Babbled; babbling.
- adj chattering
- adj murmuring
- Her eyes were alight, and she was babbling away to her aunt.
- Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
- You're afraid of my making you split upon some of your babbling just now, are you, Sneak?'
- Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
- Or if he did, he was diplomatic enough not to jeopardize his post by babbling of it to me.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 » by Various
- Plainly the babblers were approaching along that entry and babbling as they came.
- Extract from : « Fair Harbor » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
- It was his babbling about Dom Diego that had ruined the genial old physician.
- Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
- He was asleep; had gone to sleep calling her "Maman" and babbling of wild-fowl on the bayou.
- Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
- In a few years—if I let myself live to it—I shall be a babbling maniac.
- Extract from : « The Crooked House » by Brandon Fleming
- Some of the others had begun to recover and were babbling excitedly.
- Extract from : « A Slave is a Slave » by Henry Beam Piper
- In a soft child's voice the prisoner was babbling endlessly, contentedly.
- Extract from : « One Man's Initiation--1917 » by John Dos Passos
- While Halfman had been babbling, Evander had again been busy with his staff.
- Extract from : « The Lady of Loyalty House » by Justin Huntly McCarthy
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