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单词 gabbit
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gabbitadj.

Brit. /ˈɡabᵻt/, U.S. /ˈɡæbət/, Scottish English /ˈɡabᵻt/
Forms: 1700s gabbed, 1700s 1900s gabet, 1700s–1800s gabbet, 1700s– gabbit, 1800s gabbed.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: gab n.2, -ed suffix2.
Etymology: < gab n.2 + -ed suffix2.With quot. 1706 at sense 1 compare the discussion at gash-gabbit adj. With sense 2 compare later gab n.3
Scottish.
1. As the second element in parasynthetic compounds: having a mouth of the specified kind; esp. having the specified way of speaking, as ill-gabbit, smooth-gabbit, sly-gabbit, etc. Cf. mouthed adj. 1a.Recorded earliest in gash-gabbit ‘loquacious’: see etymology section at gash-gabbit adj.glib-gabbit, thrawn-gabbit, etc.: see the first element. See also nice-gabbit adj.
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1706 in Sc. Antiquary (1898) 12 99 Ye mannee look for sic well-buked Language, as the Gashgabbed Pamphlet-men set aff their Tales wee.
?1719 A. Ramsay in A. Ramsay & W. Hamilton Familiar Epist. ii. 14 Thrawn-gabet Sumphs that snarl At our frank Lines.
1822 J. Hogg Three Perils of Man I. v. 108 Ye slee-gabbit limb o' the auld ane.
1827 J. Baillie Let. 23 Jan. (1999) I. ii. 141 There will be jibing & jeering..& smooth-gabbet speering O' questions.
1868 W. Shelley Flowers by Wayside 181 Some gleg-gabbit slidderie lier.
1932 Scotsman 5 Jan. 11/4 (heading) Hedgehogs snout-gabbit.
1990 J. A. Begg in J. A. Begg & J. Reid Dipper & Three Wee Deils 121 Ill-gabbit folk aye mak me seik.
2011 Queenie concerned Scotl. may be leaving UK in scot.politic (Usenet newsgroup) 8 June Nae ower dainty gabbit, but.
2. Talkative, loquacious; (also) impudent or insolent in speech. Now rare. Sc. National Dict. (at Gab) records this sense as still in use in Kirkcudbrightshire and Roxburghshire in 1953.
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the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [adjective]
wordyeOE
talewisec1200
i-worded?c1225
babblinga1250
cacklinga1250
chatteringa1250
speakfula1250
word-wooda1250
of many wordsc1350
janglingc1374
tatteringc1380
tongueya1382
ganglinga1398
readya1400
jargaunt1412
talkative1432
open-moutheda1470
clattering1477
trattling?a1513
windy1513
popping1528
smatteringa1529
rattle?1529
communicablea1533
blab1552
gaggling1553
long-tongued?1553
prittle-prattle1556
pattering1558
talking1560
bobling1566
gabbling1566
verbal1572
piet1573
twattling1573
flibber gibber1575
babblative1576
tickle-tongued1577
tattling1581
buzzing1587
long-winded1589
multiloquous1591
discoursive1599
rattling1600
glib1602
flippant1605
talkful1605
nimble-tongued1608
tongue-ripe1610
fliperous1611
garrulous?1611
futile1612
overspeaking1612
feather-tongueda1618
tongue-free1617
long-breatheda1628
well-breathed1635
multiloquious1640
untongue-tied1640
unretentive1650
communicative1651
linguacious1651
glibbed1654
largiloquent1656
multiloquent1656
parlagea1657
loose-clacked1661
nimble-chop1662
twit-twat1665
over-talkativea1667
loquacious1667
loudmouth1668
conversable1673
gash1681
narrative1681
chappy1693
apposite1701
conversative1703
gabbit1710
lubricous1715
gabby?1719
ventose1721
taleful1726
chatty?1741
blethering1759
renable1781
fetch-fire1784
conversational1799
conversant1803
gashing1808
long-lunged1815
talky1815
multi-loquacious1819
prolegomenous1822
talky-talky1831
nimble-mouthed1836
slipper1842
speechful1842
gassy1843
in great force1849
yattering1859
babbly1860
irreticent1864
chattable1867
lubrical1867
chattery1869
loose-mouthed1872
chinny1883
tongue-wagging1885
yappy1909
big-mouthed1914
loose-lipped1919
ear-bashing1945
ear-bending1946
yackety-yacking1953
nattering1959
yacking1959
woofy1960
1710 T. Ruddiman in G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneis (new ed.) Gloss. Gabbed, that hath a great volubility of the tongue.
1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. at Gabbed A gabbit chit, a child that has much chat.
1816 Montrose Courier 19 Jan. 4 That gabbet chiel, ycleped Macniel, Did wantonly abuse thee.
1873 T. Watson Homely Pearls at Random Strung 36 Even gabbit Johnnie Howie had not a word to say.
1928 A. Horsbøl tr. J. Jakobsen Etymol. Dict. Norn Lang. in Shetland I. 207/1 Gabet, talkative; tattling; a gabet body.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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