babbler
English
Etymology
From Middle English babeler, babler, equivalent to babble + -er.
Pronunciation
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Audio (Berkshire, UK): (file)
Noun
babbler (plural babblers)
- Someone who babbles.
- 1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC:
- Great babblers, or talkers, are […] not fit […] for trust.
- Any of several passerine birds, of the families Timaliidae and Paradoxornithidae (both found in Asia, Africa) and Pomatostomidae (found in Australia).
- (dated) A hound who is too noisy on finding a good scent.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:chatterbox
Derived terms
Translations
someone who babbles
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References
- babbler on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Sylvioidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Sylvioidea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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