TWADDLE


Meaning of TWADDLE in English

I. ˈtwä-d ə l noun

Etymology: probably alteration of English dialect twattle idle talk

Date: 1782

1.

a. : silly idle talk : drivel

b. : something insignificant or worthless : nonsense

that idea is pure twaddle

2. : one that twaddles : twaddler

II. verb

( twad·dled ; twad·dling ˈtwäd-liŋ, ˈtwä-d ə l-iŋ)

Date: 1826

: prate , babble

• twad·dler ˈtwäd-lər, ˈtwä-d ə l-ər noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.