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drivel
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d??v.?l/
- Hyphenation: driv?el
- Rhymes: -?v?l
Etymology 1
From Middle English drivelen, drevelen, from Old English dreflian (“to drivel, slobber, slaver”), from Proto-Germanic *drablijan?,from Proto-Indo-European *d?ereb?- (“cloudy, turbid; yeast”).
Noun
drivel (countable and uncountable, plural drivels)
- senseless talk; nonsense
- saliva, drool
- (obsolete) A fool; an idiot.
Translations
Verb
drivel (third-person singular simple present drivels, present participle (US) driveling or drivelling, simple past and past participle (US) driveled or drivelled)
- To have saliva drip from the mouth; to drool.
- To talk nonsense; to talk senselessly; to drool.
- To be weak or foolish; to dote.
- driveling dotard
Synonyms
- (have saliva drip from the mouth): drool
- (talk nonsense): See also Thesaurus:nonsense.
Translations
Etymology 2
Compare Old Dutch drevel (“scullion”).
Noun
drivel (plural drivels)
- (obsolete) A servant; a drudge.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Huloet to this entry?)
References
- drivel in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- Vidler, drevil
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divel
English
Etymology 1
From Latin d?vellere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /da??v?l/, /d??v?l/
Verb
divel (third-person singular simple present divels, present participle divelling, simple past and past participle divelled)
- (obsolete) To rend apart.
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
- diuel, Diuel
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d?v?l/
Noun
divel (plural divels)
- (dialect or archaic) Alternative spelling of devil
Anagrams
- Devil, devil, lived, vilde, viled
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