Babelismn.

1783 Acct. Soc. Discharge of Persons imprisoned for Small Debts (ed. 6) 52 A Farrago, not of language, but of Babelisms, an unintelligible jargon of words without ideas, that would disgrace an Hottentot.

1865 Athenæum 15 July 84 They forthwith read what is presented to them, reproducing to a nicety..all the queer Babelisms.

1990 R. A. Francis et al. in J. Ríos Larva 342 Her maternal grandmother (thus starting the babelisms?) was Armenian.

1834 Notices of Louth 269 Hungry critics..with their usual acrimony and Babelism.

1836 Penny Mag. 1 Oct. 388/1 The Bostonian does not understand the Philadelphian. In short, if such Babelism goes on much longer, every step taken in it will only tend to greater perplexity.

1852 S. S. Cox Buckeye Abroad v. 56 The cheers, cries of ‘hear’ and at times the perfect Babelism of the House, is as comical as it is novel to an American.

1922 Texas Rev. Apr. 178 According to the best authorities, the international language problem arose 4168 years ago... We must accept Babelism as a fact.

1975 20th Cent. Lit. 21 233/2 He shows..a tendency toward excessive polyglotism, larding his work with French, Italian, English, etc., to the point of converting narration into Babelism.

1995 E. A. Salem Violence & Diplomacy in Lebanon vi. 140 You know very well what happens, total babelism. The conference could not reach a solution; it could not negotiate.