brabblingn.

/ˈbrablɪŋ/

Etymology: < brabble v.

†1. Cavilling, ‘hair-splitting’ (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > frivolous, captious objection > [noun]

cavillation138.

hafting1519

brabbling1532

brabblementa1563

chicanery1589

caption1605

illaqueation1605

argutation1641

chicane1681

1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 410/2 To beare and abide the brablyng of Tindals tonge.

1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. (1634) Pref. With..sophisticall brabblings.

1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. i. xi. §2. 202 The brablings of the Aristotelians.

1645 in Coll. Scarce & Valuable Tracts (1748) I. 35 The Trade of Brabbling and Pettifogging.

2. Wrangling, noisy quarrelling.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [noun] > noisy or angry quarrel

flitingc1200

chidec1325

bicker1330

janglingc1330

chiding1340

wrangling1377

brawling1393

altercationc1405

words1410

brabblementa1563

wording1564

brabblery1567

bickering1573

jarring1574

bickerment1586

frapling1600

brangling1611

jangle1641

campling1660

frabble1685

collieshangie1737

flickering1776

wranglea1797

brabbling1858

bassa-bassa1956

1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. iii. iii. 210 Brabblings, scufflings, objurgations.

†3. A confusion, a jumble. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > [noun]

brabbling1530

confusion1530

ruffle1533

pell-mellc1586

confusedness1587

huddle1606

Babel confusion1653

promiscuity1663

hugger-mugger1674

promiscuousness1676

clutter1692

jumblement1706

muddle1808

embranglement1826

mare's nest1837

muddlement1857

muddledom1891

muddliness1891

mêlée1895

mix-up1898

huddledom1923

buggeration1962

mixed-upness1967

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 617/2 I make a brablyng, je barbouille.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

brabblingadj.

Etymology: Formed as brabble v. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbrabbling.

archaic.

†a. Disposed to cavil or quibble. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > frivolous, captious objection > [adjective]

captious1447

hafting1519

brabbling1549

cavillous?1571

cavillinga1576

caffling1591

cavilsome1611

cavillatory1641

1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Gal. v. f. xviiii^v The brablyng law with so many rules.

b. Litigious, quarrelsome.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [adjective] > quarrelsome

sakfulc1000

strifefula1382

litigiousc1384

barratous1430

tuilyier-like1444

mellyvousc1450

toilousc1450

debatous1483

debatefula1492

sturtinga1500

squaringc1530

striving1530

contentious1533

factious1533

quarrellous?1567

quarrelsome1576

bateful1582

mutinous1589

discordful1596

tuilyiesomec1598

brabbling1603

bangling1615

brangling1621

rixosous1623

pugnacious1642

stickling1642

pugnatory1656

litigiose1677

vitilitigious1683

fire-eating1811

wranglesome1817

vitilitigating1819

combativea1834

brawlsome1845

battlesome1877

fighty1888

scrappy1895

tasty1974

1603 H. Crosse Vertues Common-wealth sig. I2 Violent extortion, brabling suites, and vniust vexations.

1633 P. Fletcher Elisa 110 in Purple Island Brabling lawyers brawls.

c. Tumultuous, riotous.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > disorder or riot > [adjective]

riotousc1431

unruly1439

tumultuous1548

rioting1567

brabbling1577

roaring1584

1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. ii. 53 In a brabling fraie, one of hir men was slaine.

1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic (1866) ii. viii. 294 Commerce would have no security at Antwerp ‘in those brabbling times’.]

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	brabbling
释义	brabblingn. /ˈbrablɪŋ/ Etymology: < brabble v. †1. Cavilling, ‘hair-splitting’ (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > frivolous, captious objection > [noun] cavillation138. hafting1519 brabbling1532 brabblementa1563 chicanery1589 caption1605 illaqueation1605 argutation1641 chicane1681 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 410/2 To beare and abide the brablyng of Tindals tonge. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. (1634) Pref. With..sophisticall brabblings. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. i. xi. §2. 202 The brablings of the Aristotelians. 1645 in Coll. Scarce & Valuable Tracts (1748) I. 35 The Trade of Brabbling and Pettifogging. 2. Wrangling, noisy quarrelling. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [noun] > noisy or angry quarrel flitingc1200 chidec1325 bicker1330 janglingc1330 chiding1340 wrangling1377 brawling1393 altercationc1405 words1410 brabblementa1563 wording1564 brabblery1567 bickering1573 jarring1574 bickerment1586 frapling1600 brangling1611 jangle1641 campling1660 frabble1685 collieshangie1737 flickering1776 wranglea1797 brabbling1858 bassa-bassa1956 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. iii. iii. 210 Brabblings, scufflings, objurgations. †3. A confusion, a jumble. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > [noun] brabbling1530 confusion1530 ruffle1533 pell-mellc1586 confusedness1587 huddle1606 Babel confusion1653 promiscuity1663 hugger-mugger1674 promiscuousness1676 clutter1692 jumblement1706 muddle1808 embranglement1826 mare's nest1837 muddlement1857 muddledom1891 muddliness1891 mêlée1895 mix-up1898 huddledom1923 buggeration1962 mixed-upness1967 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 617/2 I make a brablyng, je barbouille. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). brabblingadj. Etymology: Formed as brabble v. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbrabbling. archaic. †a. Disposed to cavil or quibble. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > frivolous, captious objection > [adjective] captious1447 hafting1519 brabbling1549 cavillous?1571 cavillinga1576 caffling1591 cavilsome1611 cavillatory1641 1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Gal. v. f. xviiii^v The brablyng law with so many rules. b. Litigious, quarrelsome. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [adjective] > quarrelsome sakfulc1000 strifefula1382 litigiousc1384 barratous1430 tuilyier-like1444 mellyvousc1450 toilousc1450 debatous1483 debatefula1492 sturtinga1500 squaringc1530 striving1530 contentious1533 factious1533 quarrellous?1567 quarrelsome1576 bateful1582 mutinous1589 discordful1596 tuilyiesomec1598 brabbling1603 bangling1615 brangling1621 rixosous1623 pugnacious1642 stickling1642 pugnatory1656 litigiose1677 vitilitigious1683 fire-eating1811 wranglesome1817 vitilitigating1819 combativea1834 brawlsome1845 battlesome1877 fighty1888 scrappy1895 tasty1974 1603 H. Crosse Vertues Common-wealth sig. I2 Violent extortion, brabling suites, and vniust vexations. 1633 P. Fletcher Elisa 110 in Purple Island Brabling lawyers brawls. c. Tumultuous, riotous. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > disorder or riot > [adjective] riotousc1431 unruly1439 tumultuous1548 rioting1567 brabbling1577 roaring1584 1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. ii. 53 In a brabling fraie, one of hir men was slaine. 1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic (1866) ii. viii. 294 Commerce would have no security at Antwerp ‘in those brabbling times’.] This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1530adj.1549
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