outbabble

English

Etymology

out- +‎ babble

Verb

outbabble (third-person singular simple present outbabbles, present participle outbabbling, simple past and past participle outbabbled)

1. To utter foolishly or excessively.
2. To surpass in babbling.
   • 1649, J[ohn] Milton, ΕΙΚΟΝΟΚΛΆΣΤΗΣ [Eikonoklástēs] […], London: […] Matthew Simmons, […], →OCLC:

     The rest of this chapter he sacrifices to the echo of his conscience , out-babbling creeds and aves

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “outbabble”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)