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单词 drivel
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† driveln.1

Forms: Middle English dryuel, Middle English dryvel, Middle English dryvylle, Middle English–1500s drevyll, Middle English–1500s drewill, Middle English–1500s dryuell, Middle English–1500s dryvell, Middle English–1600s driuel, Middle English–1600s drivel, 1500s dreuell, 1500s dreuill, 1500s dryull, 1500s dryuyll, 1500s dryvyll, 1500s–1600s driuell, 1500s–1600s drivell.
Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: drive v., -le suffix.
Etymology: Probably < drive v. + -le suffix (compare -le suffix 1), unless borrowed from an equivalent word in another West Germanic language: with sense 1 compare early modern Dutch drevel , Middle Low German drēvel serf, menial servant, drudge (although it is not certain that these words are derived from the Germanic base of drive v.); with sense 2 compare Middle Dutch, Dutch drevel , Middle High German tribel (German Triebel) tool for driving things in, punch.In sense 1b probably associated with or influenced by drivel v. 4a; compare driveller n.
Obsolete.
1.
a. A servant employed to do menial work; a drudge.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > service > servant > types of servant > [noun] > menial servant or drudge
drivelc1225
meniala1387
druggarc1500
drudgea1513
kitchen wencha1556
coal carrier1567
droy1570
packhorse?1577
droil1579
blue coat1583
sumpter1587
mill-horse1602
subsizar1602
jackal1649
mediastine1658
slut1664
hack1699
scrub1709
Gibeonite1798
the lion's provider1808
slush1825
Slave of the Lampc1840
runabout1893
lobby-gow1906
squidge1907
dogsbody1922
legman1939
shit-kicker1950
c1225 (?c1200) St. Margaret (Bodl.) (1934) 42 Þe driueles unduhtie swa duden.
c1390 MS Vernon Homilies in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1877) 57 260 (MED) To penaunce ȝiue I þe, þat to vs alle þou driuel be.
Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 132 Dryvylle, serwawnte, ducticius, ducticia.
a1529 J. Skelton Poems against Garnesche in Poet Wks. (1843) I. 120 A dyshwasher, a dryvyll.
1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. 1 Cor. xi. f. xxxi To vse his wife as a vile dreuell, because she is commaunded to obeye.
1602 T. Cartwright Σὐν Θέῳ ἐν Χριστῷ 153 Papists excepted only which haue made themselues driuels & drudges vnto him.
b. A person lacking in intelligence; a fool, an imbecile.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > person of weak intellect > [noun] > idiot, crazy person
Jack foolc1405
drivel1478
idiotc1480
nidiot1533
hare-brain1542
hare-copa1566
nidget1579
lunatic1602
flight-head1605
moonling1631
driveller1682
tomfool1683
niddy-noddy1722
imbecile1781
puggle1783
gype1825
eejit1853
nowmun1854
dinlo1873
loon1885
ratbag1890
doughbakea1895
ding-a-ling1899
feeb1914
dingbat1915
bodoh1922
diddy1933
Nimrod1933
pranny1949
momo1953
head-the-ball1958
flake1968
fuckwit1969
tattie-bogle1969
div1975
tube1975
wazzock1976
gonzo1977
motorhead1979
prannet1979
twonk1981
dough ball1983
numpty1985
divvy1987
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > condition of being held in contempt > [noun] > state or quality of being contemptible > contemptible person
wormc825
wretchOE
thingOE
hinderlingc1175
harlot?c1225
mixa1300
villain1303
whelpc1330
wonnera1340
bismera1400
vilec1400
beasta1425
creaturec1450
dog bolt1465
fouling?a1475
drivel1478
shit1508
marmoset1523
mammeta1529
pilgarlica1529
pode1528
slave1537
slim1548
skit-brains?1553
grasshopper1556
scavenger1563
old boss1566
rag1566
shrub1566
ketterela1572
shake-rag1571
skybala1572
mumpsimus1573
smatchetc1582
squib1586
scabship1589
vassal1589
baboon1592
Gibraltar1593
polecat1593
mushroom1594
nodc1595
cittern-head1598
nit1598
stockfish1598
cum-twang1599
dish-wash1599
pettitoe1599
mustard-token1600
viliaco1600
cargo1602
stump1602
snotty-nose1604
sprat1605
wormling1605
brock1607
dogfly?1611
shag-rag1611
shack-rag1612
thrum1612
rabbita1616
fitchock1616
unworthy1616
baseling1618
shag1620
glow-worm1624
snip1633
the son of a worm1633
grousea1637
shab1637
wormship1648
muckworm1649
whiffler1659
prig1679
rotten egg1686
prigster1688
begged fool1693
hang-dog1693
bugger1694
reptile1697
squinny1716
snool1718
ramscallion1734
footer1748
jackass1756
hallion1789
skite1790
rattlesnake1791
snot1809
mudworm1814
skunk1816
stirrah1816
spalpeen1817
nyaff1825
skin1825
weed1825
tiger1827
beggar1834
despicability1837
squirt1844
prawn1845
shake1846
white mouse1846
scurf1851
sweep1853
cockroach1856
bummer1857
medlar1859
cunt1860
shuck1862
missing link1863
schweinhund1871
creepa1876
bum1882
trashbag1886
tinhorn1887
snot-rag1888
rodent1889
whelpling1889
pie eatera1891
mess1891
schmuck1892
fucker1893
cheapskate1894
cocksucker1894
gutter-bird1896
perisher1896
skate1896
schmendrick1897
nyamps1900
ullage1901
fink1903
onion1904
punk1904
shitepoke1905
tinhorn sport1906
streeler1907
zob1911
stink1916
motherfucker1918
Oscar1918
shitass1918
shit-face1923
tripe-hound1923
gimp1924
garbage can1925
twerp1925
jughead1926
mong1926
fuck?1927
arsehole1928
dirty dog1928
gazook1928
muzzler1928
roach1929
shite1929
mook1930
lug1931
slug1931
woodchuck1931
crud1932
dip1932
bohunkus1933
lint-head1933
Nimrod1933
warb1933
fuck-piga1935
owl-hoot1934
pissant1935
poot1935
shmegegge1937
motheree1938
motorcycle1938
squiff1939
pendejo1940
snotnose1941
jerkface1942
slag1943
yuck1943
fuckface?1945
fuckhead?1945
shit-head1945
shite-hawk1948
schlub1950
asswipe1953
mother1955
weenie1956
hard-on1958
rass hole1959
schmucko1959
bitch ass1961
effer1961
lamer1961
arsewipe1962
asshole1962
butthole1962
cock1962
dipshit1963
motherfuck1964
dork1965
bumhole1967
mofo1967
tosspot1967
crudball1968
dipstick1968
douche1968
frickface1968
schlong1968
fuckwit1969
rassclaat1969
ass1970
wank1970
fecker1971
wanker1971
butt-fucker1972
slimeball1972
bloodclaat1973
fuckwad1974
mutha1974
suck1974
cocksuck1977
tosser1977
plank1981
sleazebag1981
spastic1981
dweeb1982
bumboclaat1983
dickwad1983
scuzzbag1983
sleazeball1983
butt-face1984
dickweed1984
saddie1985
butt plug1986
jerkweed1988
dick-sucker1989
microcephalic1989
wankstain1990
sadster1992
buttmunch1993
fanny1995
jackhole1996
fassyhole1997
fannybaws2000
fassy2002
1478 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 613 So the drevyll lost hys thank of vs.
1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. lxxi Blame it blynde dryuyll.
1541 Schole House of Women sig. D Called hym dryull and wytles fanne.
c1600 Return: 1st Pt. iv. i, in Three Parnassus Plays (1949) 189 When I loued I was a driuell.
c. A dirty, slovenly person; (also) a loathsome person.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirty person > [noun]
mesela1400
scabbardc1440
slotterbugc1440
drivel1498
sow1508
wallydraigle?a1513
sloven1530
filthy1553
ketterela1572
slabberer1611
slubberdegullion1612
Grobian1621
slabberdegullion1653
slobber-chops1670
slate1718
haverel1720
slobberer1732
slummock1760
fleabag1805
slush1825
slob1876
trashbag1887
crumb1918
garbage can1925
hog1932
crud1940
sordid1959
grot1970
1498 Interpr. Names Goddis & Goddesses (de Worde) sig. Avi/1 Brothellers brokers abhomynable swerers Dryuelles dastardes dyspysers of ryghtes.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 215/2 Drivell, sovillon.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) iii. sig. Gg3v If thou didst know what a life I lead with that driuell.
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. ii. sig. B3v That foule aged dreuill..An incarnate deuill. View more context for this quotation
1676 tr. Mem. Dutchess Mazarine 79 The Duke of Navaille, that withered sad Drivel, Whose Gashly wild Looks would half fright the Devil.
2. A tool for driving in nails, wooden pegs, etc.; a carpenter's punch.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > equipment > driving or beating tools > [noun]
drivel1296
beater1611
plegnic1612
driver1625
madge1870
1296 in Archaeologia Aeliana (1926) 4 186 (MED) j Dryuel, j Mallea ferr[ea].
1349 Accts. Exchequer King's Remembrancer (P.R.O.: E 101/471/2) m. 3 Eidem Andr' Fabr' pro .j. poncona ferri vocata Driuel empta pro cauillis ligneis educendis, ponderis vj. lb. prec' lb j.d, vj d.
1431–2 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) III. 610 Item ij drewills ponderant' iiijli, vijd.
1573 in G. J. Piccope Lancs. & Cheshire Wills (1861) III. 61 Twoo dryvells of iren vjd.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021).

driveln.2

Brit. /ˈdrɪvl/, U.S. /ˈdrɪv(ə)l/
Forms:

α. Middle English drevel, Middle English dribil (perhaps transmission error), 1500s driuil, 1500s–1600s driuel, 1500s–1600s driuell, 1500s– drivel, 1600s drivell, 1600s drivle.

β. Middle English drauel.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: drivel v.
Etymology: < drivel v.With the form dribil perhaps compare later dribble v.
1. Saliva or mucus running or dripping from the mouth or nose; drool, slaver; dribblings. Now somewhat rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > excretions > slaver > [noun]
slaverc1325
drivel?c1335
drivellingc1350
slaverings1535
slabber1718
drool1870
?c1335 in W. Heuser Kildare-Gedichte (1904) 170 Moch me anueþ, That my dribil druiþ.
a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) 1 Kings xxi. 13 His drauelis, that is, spotelis, flowiden doun.
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Kiv/2 Ye Driuil at nose, pus.
1586 W. Warner Albions Eng. iv. xx. 85 He..clear'd the driuell from his beard.
1698 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 20 50 The Snivel or Drivel that comes from the Mouth of a Dog..when mad.
1789 M. Madan in tr. Persius Satires (1795) 54 (note) The child..wet with drivel from the mouth.
1828 C. Swan in tr. A. Manzoni Betrothed Lovers III. vi. 190 (note) This ointment..was composed of toads and serpents; of the matter running from sores and the drivel of infected persons.
2008 J. Stone Eagle vii. 57 He wiped drivel from his chin with a stubby forearm.
2. Foolish or silly words; nonsense, twaddle.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > [noun]
windc1290
trotevalea1300
follyc1300
jangle1340
jangleryc1374
tongue1382
fablec1384
clapa1420
babbling?c1430
clackc1440
pratinga1470
waste?a1475
clattera1500
trattle1513
babble?a1525
tattlea1529
tittle-tattlea1529
chatc1530
babblery1532
bibble-babble1532
slaverings1535
trittle-trattle1563
prate?1574
babblement1595
pribble-prabble1595
pribble1603
morologya1614
pibble-pabblea1616
sounda1616
spitter-spatter1619
argology1623
vaniloquence1623
vaniloquy1623
drivelling1637
jabberment1645
blateration1656
onology1670
whittie-whattiea1687
stultiloquence1721
claver1722
blether1786
havera1796
jaunder1796
havering1808
slaver1825
yatter1827
bugaboo1833
flapdoodle1834
bavardage1835
maunder1835
tattlement1837
slabber1840
gup1848
faddle1850
chatter1851
cock1851
drivel1852
maundering1853
drooling1854
windbaggery1859
blither1866
javer1869
mush1876
slobber1886
guff1888
squit1893
drool1900
macaroni1924
jive1928
natter1943
shtick1948
old talk1956
yack1958
yackety-yack1958
ole talk1964
Haigspeak1981
1852 J. S. Blackie On Stud. Lang. 2 As it begins with dreams, so it must end in drivel.
1860 W. Collins Woman in White iii. 474 The most abject drivel that has ever degraded paper.
1884 J. Sharman Cursory Hist. Swearing i. 21 We may have thought..his words the drivel of idiotcy.
1932 H. V. Morton In Search of Wales vii. 130 Talking about the usual drivel that men discuss to hide mutual suspicions, the iniquities of the weather and the Government, the state of the roads and the crops.
2001 D. Mitchell Number 9 Dream 302 I spout utter drivel when I drink. If I said anything, there wasn't, y'know, a word of truth in it. Pure bull. Everything I said. Or may have said.

Compounds

drivel-bib n. rare a bib for protection from saliva or mucus, often worn by a baby or young child.Chiefly in the works of Thomas Carlyle, or echoing his use.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning or cleanliness of the person > [noun] > bib to keep clothes clean
muckender1420
bib1574
slabbering-bib1648
slobbering bib1697
drivel-bib1827
feeder1886
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > that covers or protects other clothing > bib > for a child
muckender1420
bib1574
slabbering-bib1648
slobbering bib1697
drivel-bib1827
feeder1886
1827 T. Carlyle tr. J. P. F. Richter in German Romance III. 158 A good version of more than one of such paper aprons might..serve her in place of drivel-bib. [No corresponding sentence in the German original.]
1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. xi. 27/1 Did he, at one time, wear drivel-bibs, and live on spoon-meat?
1949 Wisconsin State Jrnl. 24 Nov. i. 8/4 A country slob who ought to wear a drivel-bib like a St. Bernard.
1990 Factsheet Five No. 38. 75/2 This narrows the majestic world to a nursery, makes poetry a matter of drivel-bibs and spoon meat.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

drivelv.

Brit. /ˈdrɪvl/, U.S. /ˈdrɪv(ə)l/
Forms:

α. Old English drefliende (present participle), Middle English dreuele, Middle English dreuely, Middle English drevele, Middle English driuele, Middle English dryuele, Middle English dryvele, Middle English–1500s dreuel, 1500s–1600s driuel, 1500s–1600s driuell, 1500s–1600s drivell, 1500s– drivel, 1600s–1700s drivle.

β. Middle English drauele, Middle English dravele.

Origin: Apparently a word inherited from Germanic.
Etymology: Apparently the reflex of a derivative formation (in -le suffix: see -le suffix 3), perhaps < the Germanic base of draff n. and drof adj. The β. forms are probably the reflex of a by-form (unattested in Old English) formed with a variant of the derivative suffix that did not cause i -mutation of the stem vowel. Forms with the stem vowel i (such as the modern form drivel ) probably developed from forms with the stem vowel e (probably showing an instance of the sporadic raising shown also by e.g. trivet n. or limpet n.).Compare also the Old English byname of Godwine Drefela (also as Drefla ; 1014), apparently in the sense ‘driveller’. It is unclear whether slightly earlier currency of the β. forms in Middle English is implied by bedraveled dirtied, beslobbered (c1350, attested as bidraueled , be-drauelud , but also bedrabylyd , with which compare drabble v.).
I. Senses relating to saliva or mucus.
1.
a. intransitive. To let saliva or mucus run or drip from the mouth or nose; to drool or slaver; to dribble.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > action of slavering > slaver [verb (intransitive)]
drivelOE
slaverc1325
slobberc1400
drib1523
slabber1648
dribble1673
drool1810
slubberc1820
slob1860
slaum1911
OE [implied in: Antwerp-London Gloss. (2011) 104 Seumaticus [read reumaticus], saftriende uel drefliende. [at drivelling adj. 1].].
c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. xi. l. 11 Noli mittere Margeri-perles Among hogges..Þei don bot drauele [B text c1400 Laud 581 dryuele; C text a1400 Corpus Cambr. 293 dreuely, a1400 Laud 656 dreuelen, c1400 Digby 171 dreuel, c1400 Huntington HM 137 dreuelyn [emended in ed. to dreuele], c1400 Vesp. B.xvi drauele, a1425 Cambr. Ff.5.35 dryuele] þeron.
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. vii. lxvii. 430 A woode houndes tonge is so venemous þat hit makeþ þe hound..go aboute ȝenynge and dreuelynge.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 530/1 I drivell, I slaver..He driveleth as he were a yonge chylde.
1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. xxvii. 170 [A mad dog] Foming and driueling at his mouth.
1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 130 As oft as your nose drivles.
1822 J. M. Good Study Med. III. 627 The patient feels a tendency to drivel at one corner of the mouth rather than the other.
1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 212 The..nurse leaves you to drivel, and never wipes your nose.
1977 A. R. Enriquez Dance White Horse to Sleep 139 He started to drivel and drool, his saliva once again sliding from one corner of his mouth.
†b. transitive. To let (saliva) run or drip from the mouth. Also in extended use: to let (water, blood, etc.) flow out. Obsolete.
Π
1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (xxxiv. 1) Too feyne himself mad by driveling doune his spittle.
1681 P. Rycaut tr. B. Gracián y Morales Critick 67 The rest ran furiously about this tragick Theatre, drivelling out the overflowing Bloud.
1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician x. 362 The Child..driveled much Spittle.
1707 J. Stevens tr. F. de Quevedo Comical Wks. 481 This crack'd Pot..drivels out the Water.
2. intransitive. Of saliva or mucus: to run or drip from the mouth or nose. Also in extended use of water or other liquid. Chiefly with out, down.
ΘΠ
the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of dripping or falling in drops > drip or fall in drops [verb (intransitive)] > be dripping > saliva, water, sleet
drivel?a1425
dribble1599
dripple1821
?a1425 MS Hunterian 95 f. 151v in Middle Eng. Dict. at Stillen Þou schalt knowe bi þes tokens þe bitingis of a wode hounde..his eyȝen wexen rede and his spatel driueleþ oute at his mouþe & filþe stilles oute at his nose.
1653 Mercurius Democritus No. 55. 434 A certain kind of humid moisture which is the spirit of gluttony..drivelling down in streams of too too much Passion.
1741 A. Monro Anat. Human Bones (ed. 3) 120 The Pituita drivelled down from the Emunctory of the Brain.
a1774 O. Goldsmith Surv. Exper. Philos. (1776) I. 404 The water..will not spout at all, but drivel down the side of the vessel.
1888 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 25 Aug. 263/2 Thickened mucus drivelled out in streams, and every few moments she would attempt to vomit.
1990 S. Lee Disappearing Moon Cafe ii. 58 Snot drivelled out of her nose; tears trickled after each blink.
2012 S. Davis Tall Tales 168 The mango drizzles down the mousse, then drivels down his chin.
†3. transitive. To dribble saliva or mucus on (a person); to slaver on (a person). Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > dirtiness or soiling with specific kinds of dirt > dirty or soil with specific kinds of dirt [verb (transitive)] > dirty with saliva or spittle
spitc950
sputea1225
bespetea1240
bedravel1377
spouta1382
bespitc1384
beslobber1393
spew1526
slabber1579
beslaver1589
slaver1591
spittle1596
bespawl1602
drivel1609
bedribble1620
slop1696
bedrivel1721
slake1808
1609 W. M. Man in Moone sig. B3v Then he doth driuell his Hostesse.
II. Senses relating to speech, writing, or action.
4.
a. intransitive. To speak or write in a foolish or silly way; to spout nonsense or rave. Also with on, away.
ΘΠ
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > talk idly [verb (intransitive)]
chattera1250
drivelc1390
clatter1401
chatc1440
smattera1450
pratec1460
blaver1461
babble?1504
blether1524
boblec1530
trattlea1555
tittle-tattle1556
fable1579
tinkle1638
whiffle1706
slaver1730
doitera1790
jaunder1808
haver1816
maunder1816
blather1825
yatter1825
blat1846
bibble-babble1888
flap-doodle1893
twiddle1893
spiel1894
rot1896
blither1903
to run off at the mouth1908
drool1923
twiddle-twaddle1925
crap1940
natter1942
yack1950
yacker1961
yacket1969
c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. xi. l. 43 Þus þei drauelen [c1400 Trin. Cambr. R.3.14 dryuelen; B text c1400 Laud 581 dryuele; C text c1400 Huntington HM 137 dreuelen] on heore deys þe Deite to knowe.
1676 in S. Annesley Suppl. to Morning-exercise at Cripple-gate (ed. 2) ix. 174 He gravely takes notice, that gaudent pii, sed garriunt ebrii; Saints rejoyce, but Intemperate persons drivel in their chat.
1704 J. Swift Disc. Mech. Operat. Spirit ii, in Tale of Tub 303 Droning, and dreaming, and driveling to a Multitude.
1833 Scotsman 17 July It is humiliating to Britain to state, that one who still holds a high rank in her councils..has been drivelling about the coronation oath, in a style worthy of the cloistered monks of Oxford and Cambridge!
1935 G. Blake Shipbuilders i. 10 The old man drivelling away—he used the word in his mind—drivelling away as if everything was as it used to be.
1990 J. Burchill McLaren's Children in Sex & Sensibility (1992) 97 John Mortimer drivelling on about the glory days of the noblesse oblige Macmillan government.
2001 R. Nicoll White Male Heart (2002) 335 The bastard won't stop drivelling in Gaelic. He's even started berating me because I don't speak it.
b. transitive. To say or write (something) in a foolish or silly way. Frequently with out.
ΘΠ
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > utter in foolish matter [verb (transitive)]
trattlea1425
babblec1450
pratea1475
drivel1752
twaddle1826
maunder1834
bibble-babble1888
1752 H. Fielding Covent-Garden Jrnl. 12 Mar. 2/1 Nor shall it be sufficient for such Critic to drivel out, I don't know.
1780 W. Cowper Progress of Error 310 Sniveling and driveling folly without end.
1826 Lancet 18 Nov. 211/2 Nicholl has drivelled out eleven pages of balderdash.
1891 Sunday at Home 13 June 517/2 Instead of..drivelling out the worn-out ideas that had been handed down from father to son, they sang hymns.
2012 Guardian (Online ed.) (Nexis) 11 Oct. Cameron drivelled out the words ‘aspiration’ and ‘aspirational’ nine times yesterday.
5.
a. transitive. With away or (occasionally) out. To fritter away or waste (something, esp. time) in a foolish or silly way.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [verb (transitive)] > waste
spilla1000
scatter1154
aspilla1250
rospa1325
waste1340
spend1390
consumec1425
waste1474
miswenda1500
forsumea1510
to cast away1530
to throw away1561
embezzle1578
squander1593
palter1595
profuse1611
squander1611
ravel1614
sport1622
to fool away1628
to stream out1628
to fribble away1633
sweal1655
frisk1665
to fiddle away1667
wantonize1673
slattera1681
swattle1681
drivel1686
swatter1690
to muddle away1707
squander1717
sot1746
slattern1747
meisle1808
fritter1820
waster1821
slobber1837
to cut to waste1863
fringe1863
potter1883
putter1911
profligate1938
to piddle away1942
haemorrhage1978
spaff2002
1686 J. Goodman Winter-evening Conf. (new ed.) iii. 15 I very much doubt whether God Almighty (who hath endowed us with noble Faculties..and who hath also appointed our time to be but short in this world) will take it well at our hands, that we should drown the one, and drivel away the other in Sensuality.
1763 C. Churchill Epist. to W. Hogarth 30 To drivel out whole years of Ideot breath.
1832 Examiner 66/2 Every thing has been done to drivel away the popular enthusiasm.
1878 R. W. Emerson Fortune of Republic in Wks. (1906) III. 391 Drivelling and huckstering away..every principle of humanity.
1967 Observer 30 Apr. 26/2 Many of his associates on the Left..drivelling away their days in pious resolutions of support for the League of Nations.
b. intransitive. With on. To go on or continue in a weak, feeble, or foolish way.
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1842 Surveyor, Engineer, & Architect May 116/2 The society is in a state of decline, and though its members may drivel on for a time, it sinks lower and lower day after day, and year after year.
1885 Law Times 23 May 68/2 He drivels on from year to year, his fine abilities rusting from disuse.
1911 Wanganui (N.Z.) Chron. 30 Sept. 3/2 The debate was drivelling on interminably.
1974 D. E. Stevenson Mrs. Tim flies Home (new ed.) 169 The whole misunderstanding could have been cleared up in a few words, but He Knew He Was Right so it went drivelling on until he'd wrecked everything.
2015 Mace & Crown (Old Dominion Univ., Norfolk, Va.) (Nexis) 18 Mar. 1 The audience spends about an hour of their precious time watching Eggsy meander his way through an odd interview process... It's really boring, pointless and drivels on for far too long.

Derivatives

ˈdrivelled adj. †(a) smeared with saliva or mucus (obsolete); (b) (of words) uttered in a foolish or silly way (rare).
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > dirtiness or soiling with specific kinds of dirt > [adjective] > dirty with saliva
slobberya1398
drivelledc1400
slaveryc1430
beslavered1598
slabbered1609
spittly1611
bespawled1612
slobbered1742
spittled1926
c1400 Simonie (Peterhouse) (1991) l. 327 His hod shal hang on his brest, riȝt as a drauel [ed] lowt.
1630 M. Drayton Muses Elizium x. 82 His staring beastly driueld Beard.
a1668 W. Davenant News from Plimouth iv, in Wks. (1673) 22/1 I will..kiss Thy drivell'd Beard, though drown'd in Breda Beere.
1849 Morning Post 19 May 4/1 The drivelled abuse against fighting men..will make but very little way with a population generally too liable to be captivated by military enterprise.
1882 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 29 Apr. It is not needed that I..drag forth the driveled and time-stained records of by gone ages.
2004 Herald Express (Torquay) (Nexis) 23 Apr. 13 I dutifully noted Posh's drivelled words.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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