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twaddly

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twad⋅dle

[twod-l] noun, verb, -dled, -dling.
–noun
1. trivial, feeble, silly, or tedious talk or writing.
–verb (used without object)
2. to talk in a trivial, feeble, silly, or tedious manner; prate.
–verb (used with object)
3. to utter as twaddle.

Origin:
1540–50; var. of twattle, b. twiddle and tattle


twaddler, noun
twaddly, adjective


1. drivel, nonsense, prattle, rubbish.
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Word Origin & History

twaddle 
"silly talk," 1782, probably from twattle (1556), of obscure origin.
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