drivelling

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of drivel

plural drivellings

1. Foolish talk.

   the drivellings of an idiot

   1 more example

   He continued his chat with Sir James about the poachers until they were all seated, and Mrs. Cadwallader, impatient of this drivelling, said— “I’m dying to know the sad news. The gamekeeper is not shot: that is settled. What is it, then?”

   1871–1872, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter LXXXIV, in Middlemarch […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, book VIII

comparative more drivelling · superlative most drivelling

1. That drivels or drools.

   a drivelling idiot

2. Idiotic, incomprehensible; senseless.

   drivelling nonsense

3. Overcome to the point of being mindless or inarticulate.

   "How do you feel now?" 'In a perfectly drivelling state of contentment. That dinner was delightful."

   1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 171