单词 | babblative |
释义 | babblativeadj. Given to babbling; loquacious, prattling. Also: characterized by an excess of talk; verbose, bombastic. Now somewhat archaic. ΘΚΠ 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 1576 T. Newton tr. L. Lemnie Touchstone of Complexions i. ii. f. 20 Manye of them which lacke good bringing vp..are..babblatiue, and full of muche vaine tattling [L. loquacitate futili ac vana]. ?1576 A. Hall Let. touchyng Priuate Quarell sig. I.i Vaine bablatiue speeches cryed out of. 1587 J. Bridges Def. Govt. Church of Eng. ix. 687 He restraineth a Womans rashnesse, that they shoulde not (as often-times they are bablatiue) leape foorthe to teache and prophecy. a1624 Bp. M. Smith Serm. (1632) 265 Sad with the graue, babblatiue with praters. 1829 R. Southey Sir Thomas More (1831) I. 350 Professors of the arts babblative and scribblative. 1838 T. Carlyle Jrnl. in J. A. Froude T. Carlyle: Life in London (1884) I. v. 139 Sterling particularly argumentative, babblative, and..unpleasant. 1867 Galaxy Apr. 765 Old Serjeant Maynard..thought so highly of gab in law, that he defined the latter by the former, calling it, in the dog-Latin of his craft, Ars Bablativa the art babblative. 1900 J. H. Keene Power-holding Class versus Public i. 35 You forget those clear-starched hypocrisies, Imperialism and Prosperity, require bablative booming. 2005 D. Dobbs Reef Madness i. 11 He was one of those brilliant, babblative sorts whose immense skill in their main work is nearly eclipsed by their gift for talk. 2008 T. Vigorito Nine Kinds of Naked lxxvi. 265 Elizabeth continued her attempt to tease him down, but Diablo just blasted right past her, pausing not at all in his babblative exposition. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1576 |
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