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Definition of Babbler

1. Noun. An obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker.

2. Noun. Any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song; in some classifications considered members of the family Muscicapidae.

Definition of Babbler

1. n. An idle talker; an irrational prater; a teller of secrets.

Definition of Babbler

1. Noun. Someone who babbles. ¹

2. Noun. Any of several passerine birds, of the families ''Timaliidae'' (found in Asia, Africa) and ''Pomatostomidae'' (found in Australia). ¹

3. Noun. (dated) A hound who is too noisy on finding a good scent. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Babbler

1. one that babbles [n -S] - See also: babbles

Medical Definition of Babbler

1. 1. An idle talker; an irrational prater; a teller of secrets. " Great babblers, or talkers, are not fit for trust." (L'Estrange) 2. A hound too noisy on finding a good scent. 3. A name given to any one of family (Timalinae) of thrushlike birds, having a chattering note. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Babbler

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babble babble out babbled babblement babblements babbler (current term) babblers babblery babbles babblier

babbliest babbling babblingly babblings babbly babby babe in arms babe in the wood babe in the woods

Literary usage of Babbler

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Spectator: With Sketches of the Lives of the Authors, an Index, and by Joseph Addison, Richard Steele (1853)
"Fame is a babbler, but I have arrived at the highest glory in this world, the commendation ofthe most deserving person in it.' STEELE. T. No. 189. ..."

2. Sermons by Frederick Brooks, Phillips Brooks (1876)
"And some said, What will this babbler say ? Other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods : because he preached unto them Jesus, ..."

3. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1859)
"... a babbler.—Armstrong. Then we have Sc. blab, bleb, or blob, a drop of water, blot of ink, bubble, lump of anything soft, as a large gooseberry, ..."

4. A Dictionary of the Hindee Language by John Drew Bate (1875)
"... от. prating, babble, wrangling, dissension. adj. talking much and foolishly : hence, m. (/. i ka) a prater, babbler, chatterer. in Braj ..."

5. The Savage by Piomingo (1813)
"The everlasting babbler might have answered our question in the following words: " I got drunk, and could not return until I ..."

6. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society by Bombay Natural History Society (1889)
"The Bengal babbler is very common in Sind, and occurs not uncommonly in Guzerat, but becomes rarer further south, where it is replaced by the closely allied ..."

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