twattlen.¹

/ˈtwɒt(ə)l/

Etymology: The verb and noun (known in 1573 and a1639 respectively) were perhaps altered < tattle n.; the earliest appearance of twattle yet recorded being in the reduplicated twittle-twattle adj. and n. (1556), apparently < tittle-tattle n. and adj. (evidenced a1529). The group of words tittle, tittle-tattle, twittle, twattle, twittle-twattle, and twaddle, being primarily colloquial and largely echoic, is probably far from fully represented in written remains, so that dated evidence for the chronological order of these shows many lacunæ; the important data are that tittle, to whisper, is known from 1399, and tattle (in tattler) from c1450, and that tittle-tattle, twittle-twattle, twattle, and twaddle, and their derivatives, appear successively later. No reason for the suggested change of tattle to twattle has been found, but the passage of twattle into twaddle seems certain.

Now dialect.

Idle talk, chatter, babble. Also in combination twattle-basket n. a chatterbox.Passing in later use into the sense of twaddle n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] > chatter

chirma800

clappingc1386

glavera1400

clapa1420

clackc1440

blabc1460

clattera1500

babble?a1525

babblery1532

pratery1533

clitter-clatter1535

by-talk?1551

prattle1555

prittle-prattle1556

twittle-twattle1565

cacquet1567

prate?1574

prattlement1579

babblement1595

gibble-gabble1600

gabble1602

twattlea1639

tolutiloquence1656

pratement1657

gaggle1668

leden1674

cackle1676

twit-twat1677

clash1685

chit-chat1710

chatter-chitter1711

chitter-chatter1712

palavering1732

hubble-bubble1735

palaver1748

rattle1748

gum1751

mag1778

gabber1780

gammon1781

gash1787

chattery1789

gabber1792

whitter-whatter1805

yabble1808

clacket1812

talky-talky1812

potter1818

yatter1827

blue streak1830

gabblement1831

psilologya1834

chin-music1834

patter1841

jaw1842

chatter1851

brabble1861

tongue-work1866

yacker1882

talkee1885

chelp1891

chattermag1895

whitter1897

burble1898

yap1907

clatfart1913

jive1928

logorrhœa1935

waffle1937

yackety-yacking1953

yack1958

yackety-yack1958

motormouth1976

the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] > talkative person

chaterestrea1250

jangler1303

babbler1366

blabbererc1375

jangleressc1386

talkerc1386

clatterer1388

cacklera1400

languager1436

carperc1440

mamblerc1450

praterc1500

jackdaw?1520

chewet1546

flibbertigibbet1549

clatterfart1552

patterer1552

piec1557

long tongue?1562

prattler1567

piet1574

twattler1577

brawler1581

nimble-chops1581

pratepie1582

roita1585

whittera1585

full-mouth1589

interprater1591

chatterer1592

pianet1594

bablatrice1595

parakeet1598

Bow-bell cockney1600

prattle-basket1602

bagpipe1603

worder1606

babliaminy1608

chougha1616

gabbler1624

blatterer1627

magpie1632

prate-apace1636

rattlea1637

clack1640

blateroon1647

overtalker1654

prate-roast1671

prattle-box1671

babelard1678

twattle-basket1688

mouth1699

tongue-pad1699

chatterista1704

rattler1709

morologist1727

chatterbox1774

palaverer1788

gabber1792

whitter-whatter1805

slangwhanger1807

nash-gab1816

pump1823

windbag1827

big mouth1834

gasbag1841

chattermag1844

tattle-monger1848

rattletrap1850

gasser1855

mouth almighty1864

clucker1869

talky-talky1869

gabster1870

loudmouth1870

tonguester1871

palaverista1873

mag1876

jawsmith1887

spieler1894

twitterer1895

yabbler1901

wordster1904

poofter1916

blatherer1920

ear-bender1922

burbler1923

woofer1934

ear-basher1944

motormouth1955

yacker1960

yammerer1978

jay-

a1639 W. Whately Prototypes (1640) i. xix. 234 Being men of tongue,..their chiefe employment is twattle.

1650 N. Ward Discolliminium 47 It is pity any honest man should lose his life for want of a game at Twattle. [Cf. above I cannot hold my tongue for my life.]

1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. ii. sig. Cccc3/1 Twattle-basket,..un Causeur.

1699 T. Brown Let. 27 June in 4th Vol. Wks. (1711) 133 The empty Twattle of these silly..Country Projectors.

1715 tr. M.-C. d'Aulnoy Wks. 462 Hold thy Peace, Twattle-basket.

a1731 D. Defoe Remark. Passage Apparition in Wks. (1841) XIX. 259 In the midst of our twattle.

1824 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 12 June 674 Men who have no cant, no evangelical twattle.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

† twattlen.²adj.

/ˈtwɒt(ə)l/

Etymology: Origin obscure. The noun can hardly be related to twattle v. or twattle n.¹

Obsolete.

A pygmy, a dwarf. Also attributive or as adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > bodily height > shortness > [noun] > person

dwarfeOE

congeonc1230

go-by-ground?a1300

smalla1300

shrimpc1386

griga1400

gruba1400

murche1440

nirvil1440

mitinga1450

witherling1528

wretchocka1529

elf1530

hop-o'-my-thumb1530

pygmy1533

little person1538

manikin1540

mankin1552

dandiprat1556

yrle1568

grundy1570

Jack Sprat1570

squall1570

manling1573

Tom Thumb1579

pinka1585

squib1586

screaling1594

giant-dwarf1598

twattle1598

agate1600

minimus1600

cock sparrow1602

dapperling1611

modicum1611

scrub1611

sesquipedalian1615

dwarflinga1618

wretchcock1641

homuncio1643

whip-handle1653

homuncule1656

whippersnapper1674

chitterling1675

sprite1684

carliea1689

urling1691

wirling1691

dwarf man1699

poppet1699

durgan1706

short-arse1706

tomtit1706

Lilliputian1726

wallydraigle1736

midge1757

minikin1761

squeeze-crab1785

minimum1796

niff-naff1808

titman1818

teetotum1822

squita1825

cradden1825

nyaff1825

weed1825

pinkeen1850

fingerling1864

Lilliput1867

thumbling1867

midget1869

inch1884

shorty1888

titch1888

skimpling1890

stub1890

scrap1898

pygmoid1922

lofty1933

peewee1935

smidgen1952

pint-size1954

pint-sized1973

munchkin1974

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Pigméo, a pigmey, a kinde of little man like a dwarfe, a dandiprat, a twattle, or an elfe.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Nain, a dwarfe, or dandiprat, an elfe, or twattle; one thats no higher then three horse-loaues.

1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xviii. 144 They shew him the short and twattle [Fr. petits] Verses that were written [lines of 4 syllables].

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

twattlev.

Etymology: See twattle n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtwattle.

Obsolete exc. dialect.

a. intransitive. To talk idly or trivially; to chatter, babble, tattle, prate.In later use passing into sense of twaddle v.¹

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > be talkative [verb (intransitive)] > talk excessively or chatter

chavel?c1225

babblea1250

chattera1250

clacka1250

janglea1300

ganglec1300

clapc1315

mumblec1350

blabberc1375

carp1377

tatterc1380

garre1382

rattlec1400

clatter1401

chimec1405

gabc1405

pattera1450

smattera1450

languetc1450

pratec1460

chat1483

jabber1499

clittera1529

cackle1530

prattle1532

blatter1533

blab1535

to run on pattens1546

tattle1547

prittle-prattlea1555

trattlea1555

tittle-tattle1556

quiddlea1566

brabble1570

clicket1570

twattle1573

gabble1574

prittle1583

to like to hear oneself speak, talk1597

to word it1612

deblaterate1623

tongue1624

twitter1630

snatter1647

oversay1656

whiffle1706

to gallop away1711

splutter1728

gob1770

gibble-gabble1775

palaver1781

to talk (etc.) nineteen to the dozen1785

gammon1789

witter1808

yabble1808

yaff1808

mag1810

chelp1820

tongue-pad1825

yatter1825

potter1826

chipper1829

jaw-jaw1831

buzz1832

to shoot off one's mouth1864

yawp1872

blate1878

chin1884

yap1888

spiel1894

to talk (also lie, swear, etc.) a blue streak1895

to run off at the mouth1908

chattermag1909

clatfart1913

to talk a streak1915

to run one's mouth1916

natter1942

ear-bash1944

rabbit1950

yack1950

yacker1961

to eat parrot head (also bottom)1965

yacket1969

to twat on1996

1573 [implied in: T. Twyne tr. Virgil in T. Phaer & T. Twyne tr. Virgil Whole .xii. Bks. Æneidos xi. H h iv Persist, And thoundre out thy twatling talke, as longe as thou shalt list. (at twattling adj. 1)].

1577 [implied in: R. Stanyhurst Hist. Irelande iii. 78/1 in R. Holinshed Chron. I The continuall twatling of flyring clawbackes in their eares. (at twattling n.)].

1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. X2 ^v In that he twatleth, t had bin better to haue confuted Martin by Reuerend Cooper, than such leuitie.

a1620 J. Dyke Divers Select Serm. (1640) 34 Talking and twatling with other idle persons.

1685 J. Dunton Lett. from New Eng. (1867) 7 By that time I could move my Tongue, it would be twattling of Forreign Countrys.

a1800 S. Pegge Suppl. Grose's Provinc. Gloss. (1814) Twattle, to prattle and tell idle tales. Lanc.

1833 S. Austin Characteristics Goethe I. 118 He [Mephistopheles] argues, dogmatizes, and twattles right and left.

1845 S. Judd Margaret ii. ii. 238 How I twattled, skurried!

b. transitive. To utter or tell idly.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > without proper knowledge

twattle1577

twittle1577

tattle1593

smatter1616

bleat1692

blate1878

1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande vi. f. 20/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I Such fables [are] twitled, such vntrue reportes twatled.

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 24 No gloasing fabil I twattle.

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iv. 70 As true tales vaynelye toe twattle.

1660 Char. Italy 10 He [the Pope]..causeth whatsoever he parrot[s], or if you will have it Anagrammatically praterlike twattles, to pass for Bullion, and current.

1682 Duke of Buckingham Fletcher's Chances v. iii. sig. G1 I heard her grave Conductress twattle something as they went along.

c. with prep. To bring or get by chattering or gossiping.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > utter in a chattering manner [verb (transitive)] > bring into a condition by talking excessively

talk1600

prattlea1616

twattlea1704

tattle1751

a1704 R. L'Estrange Fables Moralized (1708) cclxxvii. 266 Are not you a fine Gossiping Lady..to twatle your Husband thus out of his Life and Fortune?

2. intransitive. To sound, make a noise. (See also twattling adj. 2.) colloquial.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > action of breaking wind > break wind [verb (intransitive)] > loudly

trumpc1425

twattle1664

1664 C. Cotton Scarronides 15 The Winds burst out with such a rattle, As he had broke the strings that twattle.

3. transitive. To pat, fondle, make much of. dialect.Perhaps not the same word.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > tenderness > foolish affection, excessive love or fondness > be infatuatedly fond or love to excess [verb (transitive)] > pet, indulge, or pamper

daunt1303

cocker1440

cherisha1450

pomper1483

daut?a1513

to cocker up1530

pamper1530

pimper1537

tiddle1560

cockle1570

dandlea1577

cotchel1578

cockney1582

fondle1582

coax1589

to coax up1592

to flatter up1598

dainty1622

pet1629

cosset1659

caudle1662

faddle1688

pettle1719

coddle1786

sugar-plum1788

twattle1790

to make a fuss of or over (with)1814

mud1814

pamperizea1845

mollycoddle1851

pompey1860

cosher1861

pussy1889

molly1907

1790 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. (ed. 2) Twattle, to pat, to make much of, as horses, cows, dogs. North.

1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Twattle, to pat, to make much of, to fondle.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

n.¹a1639

n.²adj.1598

v.1573

单词	twattle
释义	twattlen.¹ /ˈtwɒt(ə)l/ Etymology: The verb and noun (known in 1573 and a1639 respectively) were perhaps altered < tattle n.; the earliest appearance of twattle yet recorded being in the reduplicated twittle-twattle adj. and n. (1556), apparently < tittle-tattle n. and adj. (evidenced a1529). The group of words tittle, tittle-tattle, twittle, twattle, twittle-twattle, and twaddle, being primarily colloquial and largely echoic, is probably far from fully represented in written remains, so that dated evidence for the chronological order of these shows many lacunæ; the important data are that tittle, to whisper, is known from 1399, and tattle (in tattler) from c1450, and that tittle-tattle, twittle-twattle, twattle, and twaddle, and their derivatives, appear successively later. No reason for the suggested change of tattle to twattle has been found, but the passage of twattle into twaddle seems certain. Now dialect. Idle talk, chatter, babble. Also in combination twattle-basket n. a chatterbox.Passing in later use into the sense of twaddle n. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] > chatter chirma800 clappingc1386 glavera1400 clapa1420 clackc1440 blabc1460 clattera1500 babble?a1525 babblery1532 pratery1533 clitter-clatter1535 by-talk?1551 prattle1555 prittle-prattle1556 twittle-twattle1565 cacquet1567 prate?1574 prattlement1579 babblement1595 gibble-gabble1600 gabble1602 twattlea1639 tolutiloquence1656 pratement1657 gaggle1668 leden1674 cackle1676 twit-twat1677 clash1685 chit-chat1710 chatter-chitter1711 chitter-chatter1712 palavering1732 hubble-bubble1735 palaver1748 rattle1748 gum1751 mag1778 gabber1780 gammon1781 gash1787 chattery1789 gabber1792 whitter-whatter1805 yabble1808 clacket1812 talky-talky1812 potter1818 yatter1827 blue streak1830 gabblement1831 psilologya1834 chin-music1834 patter1841 jaw1842 chatter1851 brabble1861 tongue-work1866 yacker1882 talkee1885 chelp1891 chattermag1895 whitter1897 burble1898 yap1907 clatfart1913 jive1928 logorrhœa1935 waffle1937 yackety-yacking1953 yack1958 yackety-yack1958 motormouth1976 the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] > talkative person chaterestrea1250 jangler1303 babbler1366 blabbererc1375 jangleressc1386 talkerc1386 clatterer1388 cacklera1400 languager1436 carperc1440 mamblerc1450 praterc1500 jackdaw?1520 chewet1546 flibbertigibbet1549 clatterfart1552 patterer1552 piec1557 long tongue?1562 prattler1567 piet1574 twattler1577 brawler1581 nimble-chops1581 pratepie1582 roita1585 whittera1585 full-mouth1589 interprater1591 chatterer1592 pianet1594 bablatrice1595 parakeet1598 Bow-bell cockney1600 prattle-basket1602 bagpipe1603 worder1606 babliaminy1608 chougha1616 gabbler1624 blatterer1627 magpie1632 prate-apace1636 rattlea1637 clack1640 blateroon1647 overtalker1654 prate-roast1671 prattle-box1671 babelard1678 twattle-basket1688 mouth1699 tongue-pad1699 chatterista1704 rattler1709 morologist1727 chatterbox1774 palaverer1788 gabber1792 whitter-whatter1805 slangwhanger1807 nash-gab1816 pump1823 windbag1827 big mouth1834 gasbag1841 chattermag1844 tattle-monger1848 rattletrap1850 gasser1855 mouth almighty1864 clucker1869 talky-talky1869 gabster1870 loudmouth1870 tonguester1871 palaverista1873 mag1876 jawsmith1887 spieler1894 twitterer1895 yabbler1901 wordster1904 poofter1916 blatherer1920 ear-bender1922 burbler1923 woofer1934 ear-basher1944 motormouth1955 yacker1960 yammerer1978 jay- a1639 W. Whately Prototypes (1640) i. xix. 234 Being men of tongue,..their chiefe employment is twattle. 1650 N. Ward Discolliminium 47 It is pity any honest man should lose his life for want of a game at Twattle. [Cf. above I cannot hold my tongue for my life.] 1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. ii. sig. Cccc3/1 Twattle-basket,..un Causeur. 1699 T. Brown Let. 27 June in 4th Vol. Wks. (1711) 133 The empty Twattle of these silly..Country Projectors. 1715 tr. M.-C. d'Aulnoy Wks. 462 Hold thy Peace, Twattle-basket. a1731 D. Defoe Remark. Passage Apparition in Wks. (1841) XIX. 259 In the midst of our twattle. 1824 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 12 June 674 Men who have no cant, no evangelical twattle. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online September 2019). † twattlen.²adj. /ˈtwɒt(ə)l/ Etymology: Origin obscure. The noun can hardly be related to twattle v. or twattle n.¹ Obsolete. A pygmy, a dwarf. Also attributive or as adj. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily height > shortness > [noun] > person dwarfeOE congeonc1230 go-by-ground?a1300 smalla1300 shrimpc1386 griga1400 gruba1400 murche1440 nirvil1440 mitinga1450 witherling1528 wretchocka1529 elf1530 hop-o'-my-thumb1530 pygmy1533 little person1538 manikin1540 mankin1552 dandiprat1556 yrle1568 grundy1570 Jack Sprat1570 squall1570 manling1573 Tom Thumb1579 pinka1585 squib1586 screaling1594 giant-dwarf1598 twattle1598 agate1600 minimus1600 cock sparrow1602 dapperling1611 modicum1611 scrub1611 sesquipedalian1615 dwarflinga1618 wretchcock1641 homuncio1643 whip-handle1653 homuncule1656 whippersnapper1674 chitterling1675 sprite1684 carliea1689 urling1691 wirling1691 dwarf man1699 poppet1699 durgan1706 short-arse1706 tomtit1706 Lilliputian1726 wallydraigle1736 midge1757 minikin1761 squeeze-crab1785 minimum1796 niff-naff1808 titman1818 teetotum1822 squita1825 cradden1825 nyaff1825 weed1825 pinkeen1850 fingerling1864 Lilliput1867 thumbling1867 midget1869 inch1884 shorty1888 titch1888 skimpling1890 stub1890 scrap1898 pygmoid1922 lofty1933 peewee1935 smidgen1952 pint-size1954 pint-sized1973 munchkin1974 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Pigméo, a pigmey, a kinde of little man like a dwarfe, a dandiprat, a twattle, or an elfe. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Nain, a dwarfe, or dandiprat, an elfe, or twattle; one thats no higher then three horse-loaues. 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xviii. 144 They shew him the short and twattle [Fr. petits] Verses that were written [lines of 4 syllables]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online September 2021). twattlev. Etymology: See twattle n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtwattle. Obsolete exc. dialect. 1. a. intransitive. To talk idly or trivially; to chatter, babble, tattle, prate.In later use passing into sense of twaddle v.¹ ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > be talkative [verb (intransitive)] > talk excessively or chatter chavel?c1225 babblea1250 chattera1250 clacka1250 janglea1300 ganglec1300 clapc1315 mumblec1350 blabberc1375 carp1377 tatterc1380 garre1382 rattlec1400 clatter1401 chimec1405 gabc1405 pattera1450 smattera1450 languetc1450 pratec1460 chat1483 jabber1499 clittera1529 cackle1530 prattle1532 blatter1533 blab1535 to run on pattens1546 tattle1547 prittle-prattlea1555 trattlea1555 tittle-tattle1556 quiddlea1566 brabble1570 clicket1570 twattle1573 gabble1574 prittle1583 to like to hear oneself speak, talk1597 to word it1612 deblaterate1623 tongue1624 twitter1630 snatter1647 oversay1656 whiffle1706 to gallop away1711 splutter1728 gob1770 gibble-gabble1775 palaver1781 to talk (etc.) nineteen to the dozen1785 gammon1789 witter1808 yabble1808 yaff1808 mag1810 chelp1820 tongue-pad1825 yatter1825 potter1826 chipper1829 jaw-jaw1831 buzz1832 to shoot off one's mouth1864 yawp1872 blate1878 chin1884 yap1888 spiel1894 to talk (also lie, swear, etc.) a blue streak1895 to run off at the mouth1908 chattermag1909 clatfart1913 to talk a streak1915 to run one's mouth1916 natter1942 ear-bash1944 rabbit1950 yack1950 yacker1961 to eat parrot head (also bottom)1965 yacket1969 to twat on1996 1573 [implied in: T. Twyne tr. Virgil in T. Phaer & T. Twyne tr. Virgil Whole .xii. Bks. Æneidos xi. H h iv Persist, And thoundre out thy twatling talke, as longe as thou shalt list. (at twattling adj. 1)]. 1577 [implied in: R. Stanyhurst Hist. Irelande iii. 78/1 in R. Holinshed Chron. I The continuall twatling of flyring clawbackes in their eares. (at twattling n.)]. 1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. X2 ^v In that he twatleth, t had bin better to haue confuted Martin by Reuerend Cooper, than such leuitie. a1620 J. Dyke Divers Select Serm. (1640) 34 Talking and twatling with other idle persons. 1685 J. Dunton Lett. from New Eng. (1867) 7 By that time I could move my Tongue, it would be twattling of Forreign Countrys. a1800 S. Pegge Suppl. Grose's Provinc. Gloss. (1814) Twattle, to prattle and tell idle tales. Lanc. 1833 S. Austin Characteristics Goethe I. 118 He [Mephistopheles] argues, dogmatizes, and twattles right and left. 1845 S. Judd Margaret ii. ii. 238 How I twattled, skurried! b. transitive. To utter or tell idly. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > without proper knowledge twattle1577 twittle1577 tattle1593 smatter1616 bleat1692 blate1878 1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande vi. f. 20/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I Such fables [are] twitled, such vntrue reportes twatled. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 24 No gloasing fabil I twattle. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iv. 70 As true tales vaynelye toe twattle. 1660 Char. Italy 10 He [the Pope]..causeth whatsoever he parrot[s], or if you will have it Anagrammatically praterlike twattles, to pass for Bullion, and current. 1682 Duke of Buckingham Fletcher's Chances v. iii. sig. G1 I heard her grave Conductress twattle something as they went along. c. with prep. To bring or get by chattering or gossiping. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > utter in a chattering manner [verb (transitive)] > bring into a condition by talking excessively talk1600 prattlea1616 twattlea1704 tattle1751 a1704 R. L'Estrange Fables Moralized (1708) cclxxvii. 266 Are not you a fine Gossiping Lady..to twatle your Husband thus out of his Life and Fortune? 2. intransitive. To sound, make a noise. (See also twattling adj. 2.) colloquial. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > action of breaking wind > break wind [verb (intransitive)] > loudly trumpc1425 twattle1664 1664 C. Cotton Scarronides 15 The Winds burst out with such a rattle, As he had broke the strings that twattle. 3. transitive. To pat, fondle, make much of. dialect.Perhaps not the same word. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > tenderness > foolish affection, excessive love or fondness > be infatuatedly fond or love to excess [verb (transitive)] > pet, indulge, or pamper daunt1303 cocker1440 cherisha1450 pomper1483 daut?a1513 to cocker up1530 pamper1530 pimper1537 tiddle1560 cockle1570 dandlea1577 cotchel1578 cockney1582 fondle1582 coax1589 to coax up1592 to flatter up1598 dainty1622 pet1629 cosset1659 caudle1662 faddle1688 pettle1719 coddle1786 sugar-plum1788 twattle1790 to make a fuss of or over (with)1814 mud1814 pamperizea1845 mollycoddle1851 pompey1860 cosher1861 pussy1889 molly1907 1790 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. (ed. 2) Twattle, to pat, to make much of, as horses, cows, dogs. North. 1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Twattle, to pat, to make much of, to fondle. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.¹a1639n.²adj.1598v.1573
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† twattlen.2adj.

twattlev.

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† twattlen.²adj.