babblern.

Brit.

/ˈbabl̩ə/,

/ˈbablə/, U.S.

/ˈbæb(ə)lər/

Forms: see babble v.¹ and -er suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: babble v.¹, -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < babble v.¹ + -er suffix¹. Compare Dutch babbelaar (16th cent. as babbelaer ), Middle Low German babbeler , both in senses ‘person who talks foolishly or at great length’ and ‘person who speaks with indistinct articulation’, German (now colloquial) Babbler chatterer (1616 as babeler ), and also Middle French, French babilleur chatterer (1499, although earlier currency is probably implied by the feminine noun babilleresse overly talkative woman (1429)). Compare babelard n. and the French noun cited at that entry, and also later blabberer n., blabber n.In sense 5 probably after babbling brook n. at babbling adj. Compounds (although this is first attested slightly later).

1. A person who talks foolishly or at great length, esp. to little purpose; a chatterer. In quot. 1366-7 with reference to a minstrel.

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the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] > talkative person

chaterestrea1250

jangler1303

babbler1366

blabbererc1375

jangleressc1386

talkerc1386

clatterer1388

cacklera1400

languager1436

carperc1440

mamblerc1450

praterc1500

jackdaw?1520

chewet1546

flibbertigibbet1549

clatterfart1552

patterer1552

piec1557

long tongue?1562

prattler1567

piet1574

twattler1577

brawler1581

nimble-chops1581

pratepie1582

roita1585

whittera1585

full-mouth1589

interprater1591

chatterer1592

pianet1594

bablatrice1595

parakeet1598

Bow-bell cockney1600

prattle-basket1602

bagpipe1603

worder1606

babliaminy1608

chougha1616

gabbler1624

blatterer1627

magpie1632

prate-apace1636

rattlea1637

clack1640

blateroon1647

overtalker1654

prate-roast1671

prattle-box1671

babelard1678

twattle-basket1688

mouth1699

tongue-pad1699

chatterista1704

rattler1709

morologist1727

chatterbox1774

palaverer1788

gabber1792

whitter-whatter1805

slangwhanger1807

nash-gab1816

pump1823

windbag1827

big mouth1834

gasbag1841

chattermag1844

tattle-monger1848

rattletrap1850

gasser1855

mouth almighty1864

clucker1869

talky-talky1869

gabster1870

loudmouth1870

tonguester1871

palaverista1873

mag1876

jawsmith1887

spieler1894

twitterer1895

yabbler1901

wordster1904

poofter1916

blatherer1920

ear-bender1922

burbler1923

woofer1934

ear-basher1944

motormouth1955

yacker1960

yammerer1978

jay-

1366–7 Statutes Ireland (1907–14) I. 446 (MED) Accorde est & defende qe nulles ministre[l]s Irroies, cestascavoir Tympanors, fferdanes, skelaghes, Bablers, Rymors, clercz ne nullez autres minstrells Irrois veignent entre les Engleis.

a1450 (?c1350) Pride of Life l. 407 in N. Davis Non-Cycle Plays & Fragm. (1970) 102 Wat! bissop, byssop babler, Schold y of Det hau dred? Þou art bot a chagler.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Eccles. x. B A babler of his tonge.

1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 901 A great babbler that speaketh all thinges that commeth to his tongues ende.

1630 J. Makluire Buckler of Bodilie Health 80 They are quyet and not babblers or talkatiues, doing their affaires without dinne.

1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner i. i. iv. 14 I do not like a great Babler, who talks of nothing but his Skill.

1722 T. Woolston Free-gift to Clergy 45 Better had it been for the People of these Nations, had they been entertained on a Sunday with a Bear and a Fiddle,..than with the Sermons of such Vain Babblers.

1781 W. Cowper Expostulation 502 Babbler of ancient fables.

1830 Southern Rev. Aug. 78 She was an incessant babbler, and would suffer no one to put in a word.

1860 C. Kingsley Misc. (ed. 2) II. 162 Englishmen are no babblers; they are a dumb, dogged people.

1914 T. D. Murphy On Old-world Highways vi. 114 Peace, you foolish babbler.

1934 R. Flowers tr. T. O'Crohan Islandman (2000) i. 2 She was a little, undersized, untidy-haired babbler with a sallow face, not much to look at.

2002 F. Pollack College Senior's Survival Guide to Corporate Amer. xv. 113 Devise a plan for your trusted buddy to call you any time she sees this babbler pontificating in your cubicle.

2. A person who talks indiscreetly; a teller of secrets; a gossip, a blabber.

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society > communication > information > rumour > [noun] > tale-bearer

rounderOE

blabc1374

tale-teller1377

clatterer1388

tittlerc1400

talebearer1478

whisterer1519

whisperer1547

telltale1548

tattler1549

clatterfart1552

tale-carrier1552

babbler?1555

gossip1566

gossiper1568

carry-tale1577

mumble-news1598

twitter1598

buzzer1604

blob-talea1670

gadabout1757

tell-pie1771

circulator1792

clype1825

windjammer1880

tattle-tale1889

panta1908

clatfarta1930

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > [noun] > one who indulges in

praterc1500

bumbard?a1513

babbler?1555

jabberer1678

bag of wind1816

haverel1825

haverer1825

windbag1827

clatfarta1930

natterer1959

?1555 T. Paynell tr. J. L. Vives Office of Husband sig. S.viij^v Tell not that to the vnwise, or to a babler, that thou wouldeste not haue published or knowen.

1569 T. Blague Schole of Wise Conceytes 20 Keepe no bablers nor teltales in thy house.

1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 27 For who will open himselfe to a Blab or a Babler?

1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια xviii. 162 Providence is a prudent counsellor, and will have the particular issues kept secret: Fate is a silly babbler, and will have them commonly foretold.

1766 R. Griffith & E. Griffith Lett. Henry & Frances III. cccxcvi. 105 You know I am no Babler, and never carry Conversations out of the Room.

1781 W. Cowper Friendship xvii Aspersion is the babbler's trade, To listen is to lend him aid.

1823 Ld. Byron Werner v. i. 182 We must have no third babblers thrust between us.

1885 W. A. Hammond Mr. Oldmixon vi. 91 I don't think I'm a babbler; at any rate, I'll keep any secrets of yours as long as you wish me to.

1910 W. Piggott Wife of Col. Hughes xvi. 186 It was..an isolated indiscretion, and he was not a babbler.

1975 W. Safire Before Fall v. vi. 378 The damnable press and the babblers who were out to torpedo the country.

2001 Atlanta Jrnl.-Constit. (Nexis) 12 Oct. a20 Offer each member of Congress a slightly different version of the briefings,..so any further leaks can be traced to the appropriate babbler.

3. Hunting (chiefly Fox-hunting). A hound that barks or ‘gives tongue’ (see tongue n. 7a) without reason.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > hound > [noun] > sound made by > dog defined by

babbler1575

1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie iv. 10 They [sc. dunne houndes] haue suche emulation amongest themselues, that they knowe the voyce of their fellowes, and whether they be sure or not, for if they be babblers and lyers, they will not lightly followe them.

1677 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation (ed. 2) i. 73 If any hound vents, whom he knows to be no Lier or Babler, he shall put his Hound to it.

1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. v. i. 268 You shall often see among the Dogs a loud Babler, with a bad Nose, lead the unskilful.

1735 W. Somervile Chace iv. 66 The vain Babbler shun, Ever loquacious, ever in the wrong.

1859 T. Miller Eng. Country Life 324 All is for a time again silent; there is not a false babbler in the pack.

1896 Outing Apr. 38/1 The other hounds hark to him instantly, for they know by experience that he is no babbler.

1902 F. S. Peer Cross Country with Horse & Hound xv. 172 Mistress, who, although not a babbler, loves almost too well to hear the music of her own voice.

1946 M. C. Self Horseman's Encycl. 457 A hound that is noisy and a babbler is said to be ‘mouthy’.

2004 Yorks. Post (Nexis) 1 Oct. Mean-tempered dog hounds feared by young kennelmen, and babblers that can frighten the timid.

†a. A warbler (family Sylviidae); spec. the lesser whitethroat, Sylvia curruca (cf. babillard n.). Obsolete. rare.reed babbler: see the first element.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > [noun] > miscellaneous types of

babbler?a1808

thrush-nightingale1840

wedge-bill1848

ground-thrush1855

thrush-babbler1878

?a1808 Universal Syst. Nat. Hist. VII. 342 It [sc. Motacilla curruca] is a restless noisy bird, imitating the notes of other birds; and hence it is called babbler.

b. Any of numerous songbirds constituting the diverse family Timaliidae, found chiefly in tropical forests of the Old World and characterized by a loud harsh voice, soft fluffy plumage, a longish tail, and gregarious habits. Frequently with distinguishing word or prefix.The limits of this family are not yet fully resolved. Several groups have recently been, or (like the laughing thrushes) may be, moved to separate families, while some sections of related families may be moved into the Timaliidae.scimitar, thrush, tit-babbler, etc.: see the first element.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > [noun] > subfamily Timaliinae > other types of

babbler1832

scimitar-billed babbler1854

scimitar-babbler1863

scimitar-bill1872

rat-bird1883

hill-wren1885

1832–3 W. Swainson Zool. Illustr. 2nd Ser. III. Pl. 127 The Babblers, or long legged Thrushes, (forming the sub-family Crateropodinæ, Sw.) are almost exclusively confined to the warmer latitudes of the old world.

1893 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. 1 26 The..Babblers, often with a prefix such as Bush-Babbler, Shrike-Babbler, Tit-Babbler,..belong chiefly to the Ethiopian and Indian Regions.

1928 H. Whistler Pop. Handbk. Indian Birds 38 This Scimitar-Babbler is a gregarious species going about in small parties.

1954 J. Corbett Temple Tiger 19 There were sambhar, kakar, and langur in the jungle and a great number of pheasants, magpies, babblers, thrushes, and jays.

1987 C. Perrins Collins New Generation Guide to Birds 180 Parrotbills are related to the babblers (Timaliidae), not to the tits.

2004 Guardian 19 Apr. i. 20/1 Later on, we saw Egyptian and red-necked nightjars, fulvous babblers and, rarest of all, the northern bald ibis.

5. Australian and New Zealand slang. = babbling brook n. at babbling adj. Compounds.

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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > cook > [noun] > cook on sheep station

slusher1890

slushy1900

babbler1904

babbling brook1913

1904 Worker (Sydney) 6 Aug. 7/1 The offsider..emerges for next season as a full-fledged Babbler.

1944 A. F. St. Bruno Desert Daze 33 Arch, the cook—oh, how that bold ‘babbler’ could curse.

1963 Weekly News (Auckland) 5 June 37/2 We worked it out that old babbler made 112,000 rock cakes during those four months.

2007 A. Agar Queensland Ringer xi. 70 ‘What'd you have for us eh, babbler? That's all I want to know.’ ‘Fried fish, of course. What the bloody hell do you expect me to have?’

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	babbler
释义	babblern. Brit. /ˈbabl̩ə/, /ˈbablə/, U.S. /ˈbæb(ə)lər/ Forms: see babble v.¹ and -er suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: babble v.¹, -er suffix¹. Etymology: < babble v.¹ + -er suffix¹. Compare Dutch babbelaar (16th cent. as babbelaer ), Middle Low German babbeler , both in senses ‘person who talks foolishly or at great length’ and ‘person who speaks with indistinct articulation’, German (now colloquial) Babbler chatterer (1616 as babeler ), and also Middle French, French babilleur chatterer (1499, although earlier currency is probably implied by the feminine noun babilleresse overly talkative woman (1429)). Compare babelard n. and the French noun cited at that entry, and also later blabberer n., blabber n.In sense 5 probably after babbling brook n. at babbling adj. Compounds (although this is first attested slightly later). 1. A person who talks foolishly or at great length, esp. to little purpose; a chatterer. In quot. 1366-7 with reference to a minstrel. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] > talkative person chaterestrea1250 jangler1303 babbler1366 blabbererc1375 jangleressc1386 talkerc1386 clatterer1388 cacklera1400 languager1436 carperc1440 mamblerc1450 praterc1500 jackdaw?1520 chewet1546 flibbertigibbet1549 clatterfart1552 patterer1552 piec1557 long tongue?1562 prattler1567 piet1574 twattler1577 brawler1581 nimble-chops1581 pratepie1582 roita1585 whittera1585 full-mouth1589 interprater1591 chatterer1592 pianet1594 bablatrice1595 parakeet1598 Bow-bell cockney1600 prattle-basket1602 bagpipe1603 worder1606 babliaminy1608 chougha1616 gabbler1624 blatterer1627 magpie1632 prate-apace1636 rattlea1637 clack1640 blateroon1647 overtalker1654 prate-roast1671 prattle-box1671 babelard1678 twattle-basket1688 mouth1699 tongue-pad1699 chatterista1704 rattler1709 morologist1727 chatterbox1774 palaverer1788 gabber1792 whitter-whatter1805 slangwhanger1807 nash-gab1816 pump1823 windbag1827 big mouth1834 gasbag1841 chattermag1844 tattle-monger1848 rattletrap1850 gasser1855 mouth almighty1864 clucker1869 talky-talky1869 gabster1870 loudmouth1870 tonguester1871 palaverista1873 mag1876 jawsmith1887 spieler1894 twitterer1895 yabbler1901 wordster1904 poofter1916 blatherer1920 ear-bender1922 burbler1923 woofer1934 ear-basher1944 motormouth1955 yacker1960 yammerer1978 jay- 1366–7 Statutes Ireland (1907–14) I. 446 (MED) Accorde est & defende qe nulles ministre[l]s Irroies, cestascavoir Tympanors, fferdanes, skelaghes, Bablers, Rymors, clercz ne nullez autres minstrells Irrois veignent entre les Engleis. a1450 (?c1350) Pride of Life l. 407 in N. Davis Non-Cycle Plays & Fragm. (1970) 102 Wat! bissop, byssop babler, Schold y of Det hau dred? Þou art bot a chagler. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Eccles. x. B A babler of his tonge. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 901 A great babbler that speaketh all thinges that commeth to his tongues ende. 1630 J. Makluire Buckler of Bodilie Health 80 They are quyet and not babblers or talkatiues, doing their affaires without dinne. 1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner i. i. iv. 14 I do not like a great Babler, who talks of nothing but his Skill. 1722 T. Woolston Free-gift to Clergy 45 Better had it been for the People of these Nations, had they been entertained on a Sunday with a Bear and a Fiddle,..than with the Sermons of such Vain Babblers. 1781 W. Cowper Expostulation 502 Babbler of ancient fables. 1830 Southern Rev. Aug. 78 She was an incessant babbler, and would suffer no one to put in a word. 1860 C. Kingsley Misc. (ed. 2) II. 162 Englishmen are no babblers; they are a dumb, dogged people. 1914 T. D. Murphy On Old-world Highways vi. 114 Peace, you foolish babbler. 1934 R. Flowers tr. T. O'Crohan Islandman (2000) i. 2 She was a little, undersized, untidy-haired babbler with a sallow face, not much to look at. 2002 F. Pollack College Senior's Survival Guide to Corporate Amer. xv. 113 Devise a plan for your trusted buddy to call you any time she sees this babbler pontificating in your cubicle. 2. A person who talks indiscreetly; a teller of secrets; a gossip, a blabber. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > rumour > [noun] > tale-bearer rounderOE blabc1374 tale-teller1377 clatterer1388 tittlerc1400 talebearer1478 whisterer1519 whisperer1547 telltale1548 tattler1549 clatterfart1552 tale-carrier1552 babbler?1555 gossip1566 gossiper1568 carry-tale1577 mumble-news1598 twitter1598 buzzer1604 blob-talea1670 gadabout1757 tell-pie1771 circulator1792 clype1825 windjammer1880 tattle-tale1889 panta1908 clatfarta1930 the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > [noun] > one who indulges in praterc1500 bumbard?a1513 babbler?1555 jabberer1678 bag of wind1816 haverel1825 haverer1825 windbag1827 clatfarta1930 natterer1959 ?1555 T. Paynell tr. J. L. Vives Office of Husband sig. S.viij^v Tell not that to the vnwise, or to a babler, that thou wouldeste not haue published or knowen. 1569 T. Blague Schole of Wise Conceytes 20 Keepe no bablers nor teltales in thy house. 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 27 For who will open himselfe to a Blab or a Babler? 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια xviii. 162 Providence is a prudent counsellor, and will have the particular issues kept secret: Fate is a silly babbler, and will have them commonly foretold. 1766 R. Griffith & E. Griffith Lett. Henry & Frances III. cccxcvi. 105 You know I am no Babler, and never carry Conversations out of the Room. 1781 W. Cowper Friendship xvii Aspersion is the babbler's trade, To listen is to lend him aid. 1823 Ld. Byron Werner v. i. 182 We must have no third babblers thrust between us. 1885 W. A. Hammond Mr. Oldmixon vi. 91 I don't think I'm a babbler; at any rate, I'll keep any secrets of yours as long as you wish me to. 1910 W. Piggott Wife of Col. Hughes xvi. 186 It was..an isolated indiscretion, and he was not a babbler. 1975 W. Safire Before Fall v. vi. 378 The damnable press and the babblers who were out to torpedo the country. 2001 Atlanta Jrnl.-Constit. (Nexis) 12 Oct. a20 Offer each member of Congress a slightly different version of the briefings,..so any further leaks can be traced to the appropriate babbler. 3. Hunting (chiefly Fox-hunting). A hound that barks or ‘gives tongue’ (see tongue n. 7a) without reason. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > hound > [noun] > sound made by > dog defined by babbler1575 1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie iv. 10 They [sc. dunne houndes] haue suche emulation amongest themselues, that they knowe the voyce of their fellowes, and whether they be sure or not, for if they be babblers and lyers, they will not lightly followe them. 1677 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation (ed. 2) i. 73 If any hound vents, whom he knows to be no Lier or Babler, he shall put his Hound to it. 1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. v. i. 268 You shall often see among the Dogs a loud Babler, with a bad Nose, lead the unskilful. 1735 W. Somervile Chace iv. 66 The vain Babbler shun, Ever loquacious, ever in the wrong. 1859 T. Miller Eng. Country Life 324 All is for a time again silent; there is not a false babbler in the pack. 1896 Outing Apr. 38/1 The other hounds hark to him instantly, for they know by experience that he is no babbler. 1902 F. S. Peer Cross Country with Horse & Hound xv. 172 Mistress, who, although not a babbler, loves almost too well to hear the music of her own voice. 1946 M. C. Self Horseman's Encycl. 457 A hound that is noisy and a babbler is said to be ‘mouthy’. 2004 Yorks. Post (Nexis) 1 Oct. Mean-tempered dog hounds feared by young kennelmen, and babblers that can frighten the timid. 4. †a. A warbler (family Sylviidae); spec. the lesser whitethroat, Sylvia curruca (cf. babillard n.). Obsolete. rare.reed babbler: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > [noun] > miscellaneous types of babbler?a1808 thrush-nightingale1840 wedge-bill1848 ground-thrush1855 thrush-babbler1878 ?a1808 Universal Syst. Nat. Hist. VII. 342 It [sc. Motacilla curruca] is a restless noisy bird, imitating the notes of other birds; and hence it is called babbler. b. Any of numerous songbirds constituting the diverse family Timaliidae, found chiefly in tropical forests of the Old World and characterized by a loud harsh voice, soft fluffy plumage, a longish tail, and gregarious habits. Frequently with distinguishing word or prefix.The limits of this family are not yet fully resolved. Several groups have recently been, or (like the laughing thrushes) may be, moved to separate families, while some sections of related families may be moved into the Timaliidae.scimitar, thrush, tit-babbler, etc.: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > [noun] > subfamily Timaliinae > other types of babbler1832 scimitar-billed babbler1854 scimitar-babbler1863 scimitar-bill1872 rat-bird1883 hill-wren1885 1832–3 W. Swainson Zool. Illustr. 2nd Ser. III. Pl. 127 The Babblers, or long legged Thrushes, (forming the sub-family Crateropodinæ, Sw.) are almost exclusively confined to the warmer latitudes of the old world. 1893 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. 1 26 The..Babblers, often with a prefix such as Bush-Babbler, Shrike-Babbler, Tit-Babbler,..belong chiefly to the Ethiopian and Indian Regions. 1928 H. Whistler Pop. Handbk. Indian Birds 38 This Scimitar-Babbler is a gregarious species going about in small parties. 1954 J. Corbett Temple Tiger 19 There were sambhar, kakar, and langur in the jungle and a great number of pheasants, magpies, babblers, thrushes, and jays. 1987 C. Perrins Collins New Generation Guide to Birds 180 Parrotbills are related to the babblers (Timaliidae), not to the tits. 2004 Guardian 19 Apr. i. 20/1 Later on, we saw Egyptian and red-necked nightjars, fulvous babblers and, rarest of all, the northern bald ibis. 5. Australian and New Zealand slang. = babbling brook n. at babbling adj. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > cook > [noun] > cook on sheep station slusher1890 slushy1900 babbler1904 babbling brook1913 1904 Worker (Sydney) 6 Aug. 7/1 The offsider..emerges for next season as a full-fledged Babbler. 1944 A. F. St. Bruno Desert Daze 33 Arch, the cook—oh, how that bold ‘babbler’ could curse. 1963 Weekly News (Auckland) 5 June 37/2 We worked it out that old babbler made 112,000 rock cakes during those four months. 2007 A. Agar Queensland Ringer xi. 70 ‘What'd you have for us eh, babbler? That's all I want to know.’ ‘Fried fish, of course. What the bloody hell do you expect me to have?’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1366
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