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babblement|ˈbæb(ə)lmənt|
[f. babble v. + -ment. Cf. mod.F. babillement (not in Cotgr.).]
1. Incoherent, imperfect, or idle talk; thoughtless or unseasonable chatter, babble.
1644Milton Educ. Wks. 1738 I. 136 Deluded all this while with ragged Notions and Babblements. 1834Carlyle Fr. Rev. II. iii. vii. 174 A spoken Word meaning a Thing, and not a Babblement meaning No-thing. 1860Tyndall Glac. i. §23. 167 The babblement of streams.
2. Open-mouthed communication of news, secrets, etc.
1850Blackie æschylus I. 124 Lest some one hear, and, with swift babblement, Inform their ears who rule. |