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Definition of Idle words
1. Noun. Empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk. "Don't give me any of that jazz"
Generic synonyms: Talk, Talking
Derivative terms: Windy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Idle Words
Literary usage of Idle words
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Christian Examiner (1826)
"idle words. A SEEKER. THE word in the New Testament translated idle, ... What are
these ' idle words ?' First, those em ployed in censuring others ..."
2. The Christian Examiner and General Review edited by Francis Jenks, James Walker, Francis William Pitt Greenwood, William Ware (1826)
"idle words. A SEEKER. THE word in the New Testament translated idle, ... What are
these ' idle words ?' First, those em ployed in censuring others ..."
3. Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of by Chetham Society (1855)
"... poetry, &c., and the reflection upon my own vain, idle words does not please
me, for, being sensible that tavern talk is wrong, yet I go to it; ..."
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