drivel.
Nonsense; senseless talk.
Meaning & usage
Nonsense; senseless talk.
Saliva, drool.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English dravel, dribil, a deverbal from drevelen, drivelen (Etymology 2).
To talk nonsense; to talk senselessly; to drool.
To have saliva drip from the mouth.
To be weak or foolish; to dote.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English drevelen, drivelen, from Old English dreflian (“to drivel, slobber, slaver”), from Proto-Germanic *drablijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerebʰ- (“cloudy, turbid; yeast”).
A servant; a drudge.
A fool; an idiot.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English drivel, probably from driven + -el, unless borrowed from an equivalent word in another West Germanic language. Compare Old Dutch drevel (“scullion”).
To move or travel slowly.
To use up or to be used up.
Where this word comes from
Perhaps a blend of drive + dribble.
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