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单词 faddle
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faddlen.

/ˈfad(ə)l/
Etymology: < faddle v.
dialect or colloquial.
1. Nonsense, trifling; usually fiddle-faddle n., adj., and int.
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
1850 in S. Bamford Gloss. S. Lanc.
1892 Mrs. H. Ward David Grieve I. 26 Oh, is they? Then I spose books is faddle.
2. (See quot. 1881.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > fastidiousness > [noun] > fastidious person
abrodietical1623
hypercritic1634
over-critica1661
finick1706
delicate1710
finicking1744
fidfad1754
quiddle1793
faddle1881
faddy1887
perfectionist1909
Nice Nelly1922
1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) Faddle sb., a fanciful person; either fastidious in trifles or devoted to some particular hobby.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

faddlev.

/ˈfad(ə)l/
Etymology: Compare fad v. and fondle v., dandle v., etc.
Obsolete exc. dialect.
1. transitive. To make much of (a child), pet, caress.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > love > tenderness > foolish affection, excessive love or fondness > be infatuatedly fond or love to excess [verb (transitive)] > pet, indulge, or pamper
daunt1303
cocker1440
cherisha1450
pomper1483
daut?a1513
to cocker up1530
pamper1530
pimper1537
tiddle1560
cockle1570
dandlea1577
cotchel1578
cockney1582
fondle1582
coax1589
to coax up1592
to flatter up1598
dainty1622
pet1629
cosset1659
caudle1662
faddle1688
pettle1719
coddle1786
sugar-plum1788
twattle1790
to make a fuss of or over (with)1814
mud1814
pamperizea1845
mollycoddle1851
pompey1860
cosher1861
pussy1889
molly1907
1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. ii. sig. Xv/3 To faddle a Child, caresser un Enfant.
1721–1800 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.
1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) 144 ‘His mother had use to faddle him a deal.’
2. intransitive. ‘To trifle; to toy; to play’ (Johnson).
ΚΠ
1755 in S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang.
1761 F. Sheridan Mem. Miss Sidney Bidulph I. 204 I thought..to have faddled away a good while longer.
1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Faddle-after, to pay minute attention to a person, to be solicitous about—and complying with—fads..‘Bessy's a rar' place up at the owd 'all; nuthin 'ardly to do but faddle-after the Missis’.

Derivatives

ˈfaddler n. one who faddles.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > love > action of caressing > [noun] > one who caresses or fondles
fondler1720
caresser1822
faddler1888
canoodler1903
necker1920
1888 Sat. Rev. 7 Jan. 19 It is to be hoped that it contains a much smaller percentage of faddlers.
ˈfaddling adj. trifling, pettifogging.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > paltry, mean, or contemptible
unworthlyc1230
wretcha1250
seely1297
vilec1320
not worth a cress (kerse)1377
the value of a rushc1380
threadbarec1412
wretched1450
miserable?a1513
rascal1519
prettya1522
not worth a whistlea1529
pegrall1535
plack1539
pelting1540
scald1542
sleeveless1551
baggage1553
paltering1553
piddling1559
twopenny1560
paltry1565
rubbish1565
baggagely1573
pelfish1577
halfpenny1579
palting1579
baubling1581
three-halfpenny1581
pitiful1582
triobolar1585
squirting1589
not worth a lousea1592
hedge1596
cheap1597
peddling1597
dribbling1600
mean1600
rascally1600
three-farthingc1600
draughty1602
dilute1605
copper1609
peltry?a1610
threepenny1613
pelsy1631
pimping1640
triobolary1644
pigwidgeon1647
dustya1649
fiddling1652
puddlinga1653
insignificant1658
piteous1667
snotty1681
scrubbed1688
dishonourable1699
scrub1711
footy1720
fouty1722
rubbishing1731
chuck-farthing1748
rubbishy1753
shabby1753
scrubby1754
poxya1758
rubbishly1777
waff-like1808
trinkety1817
meanish1831
one-eyed1843
twiddling1844
measly1847
poking1850
picayunish1852
vild1853
picayune1856
snide1859
two-cent1859
rummagy1872
faddling1883
finicking1886
slushy1889
twopence halfpenny1890
jerk1893
pissy1922
crappy1928
two-bit1932
piddly1933
chickenshit1934
pissing1937
penny packet1943
farkakte1960
pony1964
gay1978
1883 J. W. Sherer At Home & in India 8 It [the garden] was divided into faddling beds.
1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 30 Oct. 5/1 The critic who gratified Mr. Stevenson by calling him a ‘faddling hedonist’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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