janglery

See there be no entrance into princes' courts, either of drunkenneſs, ill-ſpeaking, babling indiſcreetly, flattery, janglery, buffoonery, and ſuch other vices, which ſoil and ſhame the reputation of men.

1767, Weever, John, 1576-1632, Tooke, William, 1744-1820, Antient funeral monuments, of Great-Britain, Ireland, and the islands adjacent, page 430

S. Gregory saith in his dialogues that there was a nun Sabina which held her continent of her flesh, but she eschewed not the janglery of her tongue [.]

1900, William Caxton, c. 1415-c. 1492, The Golden Legend or Lives of the Saints, as englished by William Caxton, London : J. M. Dent, page 217

“Yes, I think. He doesn’t hold by Lancaster now, at all events. Ask Thomas! He knows all the scullions’ janglery!”

1975, Heyer, Georgette, 1902-1974, My Lord John, page 75

And by this way of behaving, you shall not be put in their janglery and talking and will not have blame or defame of the world.

1995, Larrington, Carolyne, Women and writing in medieval Europe : a sourcebook, page 73

‘Nonsense!’ he shouted. ‘I never heard such folly! You are the elder, ’tis your right to be first, foolish one. Do not prate such janglery to me, my Lord Earl of Warwick!’

2001, Dessau, Joanna, Cock robin, page 107