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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

bibble-babble en · NOUN

Etymology

Reduplication of babble.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) Idle talk; babble.
    • Malvolio, Malvolio, thy wits the / heavens restore! Endeavour thyself to sleep and leave / thy vain bibble-babble. c. 1601–1602, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, act 4, scene 2, lines 95–97:

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Synonyms

chatter