Meaning of Drivel | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A servant; a drudge.
   obsolete
2. Nonsense; senseless talk.
   countable, uncountable
3. Saliva, drool.
   countable, rare, uncountable
4. A fool; an idiot.
   obsolete

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Examples

““You pay⟳ too much attention to such insipid drivel in even mentioning it.””

“But what drivel I am writing! It is just an attempt⟳ to pass⟳ the weary time.”

“A ray of light⟳ amid all this nonsense was Gwyn Topham's piece in the Guardian, which was timely, measured, accurate and of appropriate tone. That this single report⟳ stood out so clearly as an exemplar is a scathing comment⟳ in itself on the volumes of drivel surrounding it.”

““Yeah, wading down into the comments. "Winsomely compelling cop-aganda," says C-Rob-69. Oh, wait⟳, that was me.” “Drivel for the unwashed. The Bard, how he weeps.””

“He pauses as I wipe the drivel from his chin.”

“He wiped drivel from his chin with a stubby forearm.”

“She wipes some drivel from his chin with a Kleenex, which she throws away in the bin, then sits and clasps his hand in hers.”

“that foul aged drivel”

“if thou didst know⟳ what a life I lead⟳ with that drivel, it would make⟳ thee even of pity receive⟳ me into thy only comfort”

The New Arcadia

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