prabblen.

Brit.

/ˈprabl/, U.S.

/ˈpræb(ə)l/

Forms: 1600s prable, 1600s– prabble.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: brabble n.

Etymology: Representing a supposed Welsh English pronunciation of brabble n. Compare prabble v., pribble n., and slightly earlier pribble-prabble n.

A quarrel, a squabble. Frequently in pribbles and prabbles (cf. pribble n.).Originally common in Jacobean and Caroline plays, representing Welsh pronunciation of English; in subsequent use probably frequently with allusion to Shakespeare.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [noun] > petty quarrel

feudc1565

squabble1602

prabble1603

squabbling1611

bangling1612

pickeering1650

squabblement1731

tift1751

tiff1753

spat1804

tracasserie1812

1603 T. Dekker et al. Patient Grissill sig. C3^v Her thinke the prittish shentleman, is faliant as Mars that, is..the God of pribles & prables.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iv. viii. 66 I pray you to serue God, and keepe you out of prawles and prabbles [1600 brables], and quarrels and dissentions.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iv. i. 45 Leaue your prables (o' man)... O' man, forbeare.

1631 J. Shirley Schoole of Complement v. i. 72 Hum! her loue not to make quarrels & prabbles, but Ienkin could fight with any podies in the whole vrld.

1718 T. D'Urfey Richmond Heiress (ed. 2) ii. i. 28 By his Prabbles and his Pratings, I think his prains in as pad Conditions as his Patients, by St Davy.

1794 A. M. Bennett Ellen II. v. 157 Cot knows she is as pad as the best, so she need not give her pribbles and prabbles.

1883 T. Lees Easther's Gloss. Dial. Almondbury & Huddersfield (at cited word) Au darn't differ wi' him for fear on a prabble.

1912 H. Church Poems 138 The scrivener's pounce, the quill, The jurist's prabble—all the teetotum Spinning for pantler gold.

1993 Observer (Nexis) 31 Oct. (Review section) 11 The intoxication of language, the pribbles and prabbles, the literary jokes and the sudden surges of Berowne's wonderful speeches..are just right in this setting.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† prabblev.

Forms: 1600s prable, 1600s–1800s prabble.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: brabble v.; prabble n.

Etymology: In quot. 1603 representing a supposed Welsh English pronunciation of brabble v. In later use < prabble n.

Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To chatter noisily about; to argue or debate (a subject).In early use representing Welsh pronunciation of English.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > utter in a chattering manner [verb (transitive)]

cacklec1230

chattera1250

clapc1315

jangle1377

blabberc1380

trattlea1425

pratea1475

chat1483

prattlea1500

prittle-prattlea1555

gabble1566

blatter?1567

gaggle1577

clacket1579

knap1581

prittle1583

clack1590

volley1591

tattle1593

prabble1603

out-babble1649

garrulate1656

gabber?1661

chime1697

spiel1904

chitter-chatter1928

1603 T. Dekker et al. Patient Grissill sig. L2 You taug and you prable about shidings in mariages, and you abuse yong mens and damsels.

1772 R. Cumberland Fashionable Lover i. i. 12 What is the surly poots prabbling about?

1881 R. D. Blackmore Christowell (1882) xvi And let the others prabble truculent philosophy.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	prabble
释义	prabblen. Brit. /ˈprabl/, U.S. /ˈpræb(ə)l/ Forms: 1600s prable, 1600s– prabble. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: brabble n. Etymology: Representing a supposed Welsh English pronunciation of brabble n. Compare prabble v., pribble n., and slightly earlier pribble-prabble n. A quarrel, a squabble. Frequently in pribbles and prabbles (cf. pribble n.).Originally common in Jacobean and Caroline plays, representing Welsh pronunciation of English; in subsequent use probably frequently with allusion to Shakespeare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [noun] > petty quarrel feudc1565 squabble1602 prabble1603 squabbling1611 bangling1612 pickeering1650 squabblement1731 tift1751 tiff1753 spat1804 tracasserie1812 1603 T. Dekker et al. Patient Grissill sig. C3^v Her thinke the prittish shentleman, is faliant as Mars that, is..the God of pribles & prables. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iv. viii. 66 I pray you to serue God, and keepe you out of prawles and prabbles [1600 brables], and quarrels and dissentions. a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iv. i. 45 Leaue your prables (o' man)... O' man, forbeare. 1631 J. Shirley Schoole of Complement v. i. 72 Hum! her loue not to make quarrels & prabbles, but Ienkin could fight with any podies in the whole vrld. 1718 T. D'Urfey Richmond Heiress (ed. 2) ii. i. 28 By his Prabbles and his Pratings, I think his prains in as pad Conditions as his Patients, by St Davy. 1794 A. M. Bennett Ellen II. v. 157 Cot knows she is as pad as the best, so she need not give her pribbles and prabbles. 1883 T. Lees Easther's Gloss. Dial. Almondbury & Huddersfield (at cited word) Au darn't differ wi' him for fear on a prabble. 1912 H. Church Poems 138 The scrivener's pounce, the quill, The jurist's prabble—all the teetotum Spinning for pantler gold. 1993 Observer (Nexis) 31 Oct. (Review section) 11 The intoxication of language, the pribbles and prabbles, the literary jokes and the sudden surges of Berowne's wonderful speeches..are just right in this setting. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † prabblev. Forms: 1600s prable, 1600s–1800s prabble. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: brabble v.; prabble n. Etymology: In quot. 1603 representing a supposed Welsh English pronunciation of brabble v. In later use < prabble n. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To chatter noisily about; to argue or debate (a subject).In early use representing Welsh pronunciation of English. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > utter in a chattering manner [verb (transitive)] cacklec1230 chattera1250 clapc1315 jangle1377 blabberc1380 trattlea1425 pratea1475 chat1483 prattlea1500 prittle-prattlea1555 gabble1566 blatter?1567 gaggle1577 clacket1579 knap1581 prittle1583 clack1590 volley1591 tattle1593 prabble1603 out-babble1649 garrulate1656 gabber?1661 chime1697 spiel1904 chitter-chatter1928 1603 T. Dekker et al. Patient Grissill sig. L2 You taug and you prable about shidings in mariages, and you abuse yong mens and damsels. 1772 R. Cumberland Fashionable Lover i. i. 12 What is the surly poots prabbling about? 1881 R. D. Blackmore Christowell (1882) xvi And let the others prabble truculent philosophy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1603v.1603
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