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