Definition of Twadle
Twad"dle (?), v. i. & t. [See
Twattle.] To talk in a weak and silly manner, like one whose
faculties are decayed; to prate; to prattle. Stanyhurst.
Twad"dle, n. Silly talk; gabble;
fustian.
I have put in this chapter on fighting . . . because of the
cant and twaddle that's talked of boxing and fighting with fists
now-a-days. T. Hughes.
Twad"dle (?), v. i. & t. [See
Twattle.] To talk in a weak and silly manner, like one whose
faculties are decayed; to prate; to prattle. Stanyhurst.
Twad"dle, n. Silly talk; gabble;
fustian.
I have put in this chapter on fighting . . . because of the
cant and twaddle that's talked of boxing and fighting with fists
now-a-days. T. Hughes.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
TWADDLE. Perplexity, confusion, or any thing else: a
fashionable term that for a while succeeded that of BORE. See
BORE.
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
- Empty or silly talk or writing; nonsense.
- A twaddler.
- To talk or write nonsense; to prattle.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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