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单词 driveller
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drivellerdrivelern.

Brit. /ˈdrɪvl̩ə/, /ˈdrɪvlə/, U.S. /ˈdrɪv(ə)lər/
Forms: 1500s drivelar, 1600s driueler, 1600s– driveler, 1600s– driveller, 1700s drivler.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: drivel v., -er suffix1.
Etymology: < drivel v. + -er suffix1.With the form drivelar compare -ar suffix3. Compare also drivelard n. Compare also the Old English byname of Godwine Drefela (see drivel v.).
1. A person who or animal which drivels or drools, esp. habitually. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > action of slavering > [noun] > one who slavers
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1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 215/2 Drivelar that driveleth, baueux.
1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. xxv. 160 The other [cattle]..do greatly desire and delight in that which these driuelers do leaue vpon the edges of the rackes, and licke it away.
1743 W. Guthrie tr. ‘Monsieur de Blainville’ Trav. II. xxxi. 330 Out of more than a thousand People who came to kiss the Feet of this Statue, there was not one amongst them all who was squeamish enough to wipe them with a Handkerchief, tho' they were all beslabbered over with the Slaver of a Parcel of old Drivellers.
1841 R. W. Emerson Prudence in Ess. 1st Ser. (London ed.) 235 The opium-eaters, whom travellers describe as frequenting the bazaars of Constantinople,..the most pitiful drivellers.
2. A person who talks or acts in a foolish, silly, or feeble way; a drivelling idiot.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > person of weak intellect > [noun] > idiot, crazy person
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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
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twonk1981
dough ball1983
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1682 E. Ravenscroft London Cuckolds i. sig. Bv Those fools, if not meer Idiots and Drivelers, grow wiser by experience.
1790 E. Burke Corr. (1844) III. 159 He had been..a driveller in policy, if he had done otherwise than he did.
1859 T. B. Macaulay Biogr. (1867) 204 Pitt's..military administration was that of a driveller.
1920 Times of India 2 Sept. We could never understand..why Mr. Sherlock Holmes should have become so famous and so adored. Really, he is a footling driveller, a mere interpreter of the obvious.
2000 Times 23 June 4/3 Betty Boothroyd, the Speaker, wanted to get to [question] Number 12, too, and drivellers were cut short ruthlessly.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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