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drivel.

Nonsense; senseless talk.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/dɹɪv.əl/Australia, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation/dɹəv.əl/New-Zealand
  1. Nonsense; senseless talk.

    countable · uncountable
  2. Saliva, drool.

    countable · rare · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle English dravel, dribil, a deverbal from drevelen, drivelen (Etymology 2).

verb/dɹɪv.əl/Australia, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation/dɹəv.əl/New-Zealand
  1. To talk nonsense; to talk senselessly; to drool.

  2. To have saliva drip from the mouth.

    archaic · intransitive
  3. 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”).

noun/dɹɪv.əl/Australia, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation/dɹəv.əl/New-Zealand
  1. A servant; a drudge.

    obsolete
  2. A fool; an idiot.

    obsolete
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”).

verb/dɹɪv.əl/Australia, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation/dɹəv.əl/New-Zealand
  1. To move or travel slowly.

    obsolete
  2. To use up or to be used up.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

Perhaps a blend of drive + dribble.

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