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babble

English

Etymology

From Middle English babelen, from Old English *bæblian, also wæflian (to talk foolishly), from Proto-Germanic *babal?n? (to chatter), from Proto-Indo-European *b?a-b?a-, perhaps a reduplication of Proto-Indo-European *b?eh?- (to say), or a variant of Proto-Indo-European *baba- (to talk vaguely, mumble), or a merger of the two, possibly ultimately onomatopoetic/mimicry of infantile sounds. Cognate with Old Frisian babbelje (to babble), Old Norse babbla (to babble) (Swedish babbla), Middle Low German babbelen (to babble), Dutch babbelen (to babble, chat), German pappeln and babbeln (to babble).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?bæb.l?/
  • Rhymes: -æb?l

Verb

babble (third-person singular simple present babbles, present participle babbling, simple past and past participle babbled)

  1. (intransitive) To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds
  2. (intransitive) To talk incoherently; to utter meaningless words.
  3. (intransitive) To talk too much; to chatter; to prattle.
  4. (intransitive) To make a continuous murmuring noise, like shallow water running over stones.
    • 1815, William Wordsworth, Extracts from Descriptive Sketches
      In every babbling brook he finds a friend.
  5. (transitive) To utter in an indistinct or incoherent way; to repeat words or sounds in a childish way without understanding.
    • 1712, John Arbuthnot, The History of John Bull
      These [words] he used to babble indifferently in all companies.
  6. (transitive) To reveal; to give away (a secret).

Translations

Noun

babble (usually uncountable, plural babbles)

  1. Idle talk; senseless prattle
    Synonyms: gabble, twaddle
    • 1634, John Milton, Comus, a Mask, line 823:
      This is mere moral babble.
  2. Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur.
    • 1871, Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex
      The babble of our young children.
  3. A sound like that of water gently flowing around obstructions.
    • ?, Alfred Tennyson, Mariana
      The babble of the stream.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:chatter

Hyponyms

Translations

See also

  • babblement
  • babblery

References

  • babble in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

German

Verb

babble

  1. inflection of babbeln:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
    3. singular imperative

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slander

English

Alternative forms

  • slandre (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English slaundre, sclaundre, from Old French esclandre, from Ecclesiastical Latin scandalum (stumbling block, temptation), from Ancient Greek ????????? (skándalon, scandal). Doublet of scandal.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?sl??nd?/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /?slænd?/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /sl??nd?/

Noun

slander (countable and uncountable, plural slanders)

  1. A false or unsupported, malicious statement (spoken, not written), especially one which is injurious to a person's reputation; the making of such a statement.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:slander

Antonyms

  • glorification (falsely praising statement)

Translations

Verb

slander (third-person singular simple present slanders, present participle slandering, simple past and past participle slandered)

  1. To utter a slanderous statement about; baselessly speak ill of.

Synonyms

  • defame
  • libel (always in writing)
  • See also Thesaurus:defame

Antonyms

  • glorify (baselessly speak well of)

Translations

See also

  • defamation

Anagrams

  • Landers, Lenards, Nadlers, Randles, Sandler, darnels, enlards, landers, relands, slandre, snarled

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