gibberingn.
/ˈdʒɪbərɪŋ//ˈɡɪbərɪŋ/ The action of gibber v.1
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > unintelligible language, gibberish > [noun]
jargon1340
gibberishc1557
fustiana1593
hibber-gibber1593
rabble?1593
gabbling1599
rantum-scantum1599
ribble-rabble1601
gabble1602
High Dutch1602
Greek1603
baragouin1614
galimatias1653
riddle-me-ree1678
clink-clank1679
Hebrew1705
alieniloquy1727
jabber1735
mumbo-jumbo1738
gibbering1786
rigmarole1809
gibber1832
rigmarolery1833
Babelism1834
jargoning1837
barrikin1851
abracadabra1867
double Dutch1876
jabberwock1902
jabberwocky1908
jibber-jabber1922
mumbo-jumbery1923
mumbo1931
double-talk1938
garbology1944
1786 S. Henley tr. W. Beckford Arabian Tale 55 Stunned by their gibbering.
1857 S. Birch Hist. Anc. Pottery (1858) II. 35 Like the twittering and gibbering of the ‘Birds’ of Aristophanes.
1872 W. Minto Man. Eng. Prose Lit. i. iii. 161 Full of screechings and gibberings.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
gibberingadj.
/ˈdʒɪbərɪŋ//ˈɡɪbərɪŋ/ That gibbers or takes the form of gibbering; unmeaning; unintelligible.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > unintelligible language, gibberish > [adjective] > uttering gibberish
unmeaning1632
gibbering1711
1711 London Gaz. No. 4850/4 Pretending to be a Fortune Teller, talking after a gibbering manner.
1820 W. Irving Sketch Bk. vii. 15 We almost fancy we hear the gibbering yell of triumph bursting from the distended jaws of the spectre.
1859 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock (1861) 377 Gibbering forms of men and women in filthy rags.
1881 P. Brooks Candle of Lord 265 They saw Him face the gibbering maniac among the tombs.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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