† stultiloquiousadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Talking foolishly.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > [adjective] > engaging in idle talk
babblinga1250
chatteringa1250
drivellinga1475
clattering1477
trattling?a1513
prating1528
bluddering1553
chatting1589
mouthy1589
dribbling1593
tinkling1625
stultiloquious1683
havering1720
vaniloquent1727
haverela1774
havering1808
stultiloquent1845
yattering1859
blethery1889
blithering1889
yackety-yacking1953
yacketing1958
nattering1959
yacking1959
chopsy1974
1683 E. Hooker in J. Pordage Theologia Mystica Pref. Epist. 15 What of..Punns and Flams, stultiloquious Dialogs?
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