gabbler en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *gabbōną Proto-West Germanic *gabbōn Old English gabbander. Middle English gabbender. English gab English -le English gabble English -er English gabbler From gabble + -er.
Meanings
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One who gabbles, or prates loquaciously on a trifling subject.
To Bradly, Podson was a minor pub gabbler out of a hundred such. He had boozed away an evening with Podson because he was an attendant parasite on Doctor Ramsey.
1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 70:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| gabblers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (2)
pl gaduła (one who gabbles) · bg бърборко (one who gabbles)