babble (babl)

[ Making merry in odd tones, and a babble of outlandish words. Hawthorne, Old Manse, II. An extraordinary ince ant babble of rapid prayer from the priests in the stalls. Lathrop , Spanish Vistas, p. 54. = Syn. See prattle , n. babblement (bab'l-ment), n. [ Deluded all this while with ragged notions and babblements. Milton , Education. babbler (bab'ler), n. 1. One who babbles; an idle talker; an irrational prater; one who says things heedle ly or mischievously. Cunn. No blabbing, as you love me. Sir Greg. None of our blood Were ever babblers . Beau , and Fl . , Wit at Several Weapons, iv. 1. Great babblers, or talkers, are not fit for trust. Sir R. L'Estrange. 2. In ornith.: ( a ) A name of various old-world dentirostral oscine pa erine birds more or le nearly related to thrushes. (b) pl. The family IMG:content-1504.png:[blocks in formation] Other toyes, fantasies, and bableries , whereof the world is ful, are suffered to be printed. Stubbes , Anat. of Abuses. babbling (bab'ling), n. [Verbal n. of babble , v .] Foolish talk. Avoiding profane and vain babblings. 1 Tim. vi. 20. babblingly (bab'ling-li), adv . In a babbling manner; with babblement; pratingly. babblishlyt (bab'lish-li), adv . Babblingly. babbly (bab'li), a. [ babble + -y.] Full of babble; chattering. babby (bab'i), n. [E. dial., baby, q. v.] A baby. [Prov. Eng.]