† radotev.
Originally Scottish. Obsolete. rare.
intransitive. To mutter, babble.
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the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > speak in a particular manner [verb (intransitive)] > mutter or mumble
mamblea1275
mumblec1350
blabber1362
babblea1400
muttera1425
pattera1425
rumble1440
barbettec1480
murmell1546
palter?1548
buzz1555
fumble1563
drumble1579
to sup up1579
radote?1590
chunter1599
putter1611
mussitate1623
muss1661
muffle1669
slobber1692
thruma1774
fumfer1954
?1590–1 J. Burel Passage of Pilgremer i, in Poems sig. O3v Than softlie did I suoufe and sleipe,..Radoting, starnoting, As wearie men will do.
1855 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes II. xv. 145 I remember it because it was yours, and that of my happy days. I radote like an old woman as I am.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online September 2020).
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