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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

jabbery en · ADJ

Etymology

From jabber + -y.

Meanings

  1. Characterised by jabbering.
    • The English band Crass sounded like a bag of rocks: scrabbly drum rolls, clanky guitars, no bass end, the words a jabbery Cockney caterwaul through endless stanzas of common meter. 2008 January 13, Ben Ratliff, “Easy Slogans, Twinkly Funk and One Busy String”, in New York Times:

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more jabbery Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most jabbery Degree=Sup lexicographic