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babbler
UK[ˈbæb(ə)lə(ɹ)]
noun
What it means
- Someone who babbles.
Great babblers, or talkers, are[…] not fit […]for trust.
1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC - Any of several passerine birds, of the families Leiothrichidae, Timaliidae and Paradoxornithidae (found in Asia and Africa), and Pomatostomidae (found in Australia).
In a sentence
Great babblers, or talkers, are[…] not fit […]for trust.
1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC
Where it comes from
- Middle Englishbabeler
- Englishbabbler
From Middle English babeler, babler, equivalent to babble + -er.
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