Babble

Definitions

1. Idle talk; senseless prattle
   uncountable, usually
2. Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur.
   uncountable, usually
3. A sound like that of water gently flowing around obstructions.
   uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“This is mere moral babble.”

Comus

“[M]an has an instinctive tendency to speak⟳, as we see⟳ in the babble of our young children; whilst no child has an instinctive tendency to brew, bake, or write⟳.”

“[T]he babble of the stream / Fell, and without the steady glare / Shrank the sick olive sere and small.”

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