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noun
1.
saliva flowing from the mouth, or mucus from the nose; slaver.
2.
childish, silly, or meaningless talk or thinking; nonsense; twaddle.
verb (used without object)
3.
to let saliva flow from the mouth or mucus from the nose; slaver.
4.
to talk childishly or idiotically.
5.
Archaic. to issue like spittle.
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Drivel
is one of our favorite verbs.
So is subtilize. Does it mean:
| to spend time idly; loaf. |
| to introduce subtleties into or argue subtly about. |
verb (used with object)
6.
to utter childishly or idiotically.
7.
to waste foolishly.
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English dryvelen, variant of drevelen, Old English dreflian; akin to draff
before 1000; Middle English dryvelen, variant of drevelen, Old English dreflian; akin to draff
Related forms
driv·el·er; especially British, driv·el·ler, noun
driv·el·ing·ly; especially British, driv·el·ling·ly, adverb
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Example Sentences
- The drivel is endless.
- It's incoherent drivel, to be sure--but it's also insulting drivel.
- This is the most inconsequential drivel I have seen lately.
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drivel
O.E. dreflian "to dribble or run at the nose," from P.Gmc. *drablojanan. Related: Driveling.
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