twaddlingadj.
/ˈtwɒdlɪŋ/ 1.
a. Having the character of twaddle; empty and prosy; rubbishy.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > [adjective]
tooma1250
beggarly1526
trumpery1576
balductum1577
skimble-skamble1598
nonsense1621
warbling1621
flim-flam1631
nonsensical1645
unsensical1692
fiddlecome1697
waffling1698
mataeological1716
flummery1749
water-gruelish1788
slip-sloppish1797
twaddling1804
twaddle1830
twaddly1841
fee-faw-fumish1846
poppycock1852
boshy1860
twaddlesome1865
moonshiny1880
cockalorum1881
tommyrotic1894
crappy1928
ballsy1942
farkakte1960
1804 Edinb. Rev. Jan. 448 And this twaddling stuff is supposed to be spoken by John of Gaunt!
1832 Countess Granville Let. 8 Sept. (1894) II. 132 Dearest sis, what a twaddling letter this is.
1858 Ecclesiologist 19 38 The twaddling derivation of Pointed architecture from interlacing boughs.
1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. v. 116 It's a volume of poems,..most of them seem to be twaddling stuff.
b. Petty, paltry, trifling, insignificant: = twattling adj. 3. rare.
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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > of little importance or trivial
eathlyc890
lighteOE
littleOE
small?c1225
singlec1449
easy1474
triflous1509
naughty1526
slender1530
slight1548
shrimpish1549
slipper1567
truanta1572
toyous1581
trivious1583
mean1585
silly1587
nicea1594
puny?1594
puisne1598
pusill1599
whindling1601
sapless1602
non-significant1603
poor1603
unsignificant1603
flea-bite1605
perishing1605
lank1607
weightless1610
fonda1616
penny farthing1615
triviala1616
unweighty1621
transitory1637
twattling1651
inconsiderate1655
unserious1655
nugal1656
small drink1656
slighty1662
minute1668
paddling1679
snitling1682
retail1697
Lilliputian1726
vain1731
rattletrap1760
peppercornish1762
peppercorn1791
underling1804
venial1806
lightweight1809
floccinaucical1826
small-bore1833
minified1837
trantlum1838
piffling1848
tea-tabular1855
potty1860
whipping-snapping1861
tea-gardeny1862
quiddling1863
twaddling1863
fidgeting1865
penny ante1865
feather-weighted1870
jerkwater1877
midget1879
mimsy1880
shirttail1881
two-by-four1885
footle1894
skittery1905
footery1929
Mickey Mouse1931
chickenshit1934
minoritized1945
marginal1952
marginalized1961
tea-party1961
little league1962
marginalizing1977
minnowy1991
1863 W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting i. 8 A little twaddling weapon.
2. Uttering or addicted to talking twaddle.
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1826 F. Reynolds Life & Times II. 92 [I] heard an old twaddling special pleader.
1862 J. Skelton Nugæ Criticæ xi. 470 The position..assumed..by twaddling doctrinaires, and political pedants.
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