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† ˈjanglery Obs.
Also 5 ianglory.
[a. OF. janglerie, f. janglere, -eor jangler: see -ery 1 b.]
Idle talk, babbling; wrangling.
c1374Chaucer Troylus v. 755 This purpos wol I hold, and þis is best, No fors of wykked tonges Ianglerye. c1386― Melib. ⁋96 It is written, the Ianglerye of wommen ne can nothing hide, save that which they wot not. 1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 248/2 Ther was a nonne in Sabyne whiche..eschewed not the Ianglerye of her tonge. 1631Weever Anc. Fun. Mon. 685 Ianglery, buffonnerie, and such other vices.
attrib.1583Stanyhurst æneis ii. (Arb.) 46 To what purpose do I chat such ianglerye trim trams? |