twattlingn.
Obsolete exc. dialect.
The action of twattle v.; idle talking, chattering.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] > chattering
chaveling?c1225
janglingc1330
jangleryc1374
tatteringc1380
ganglinga1387
clatteringc1400
babbling?c1430
languetingc1450
pratinga1470
cackling1530
prattling1530
tattling1547
gaggling1548
clicketing1575
twattling1577
clacking1594
gabbling1599
blattering1604
snuttering1693
futileness1727
rattling1753
gabbering1798
magginga1800
yaffing1815
deblateration1817
tattlement1837
nattering1859
spieling1859
yattering1859
chatteration1862
quiddling1870
windjamming1886
waffling1958
motormouthing1981
1577 R. Stanyhurst Hist. Irelande iii. 78/1 in R. Holinshed Chron. I The continuall twatling of flyring clawbackes in their eares.
1606 W. Whately Redempt. of Time 22 When one talks toyes or trifles,..such twatling cuts out the heart of good time.
1653 W. Ramesey Astrologia Restaurata 176 Addicted to twatling and prating.
a1745 J. Swift To Dr. Sheridan 14 Dec. You keep such a twattling with you and your bottling.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
twattlingadj.
Obsolete exc. dialect.† 3. Petty, trifling, paltry: = twaddling adj. 1b. Obsolete. rare. [Perhaps related to twattle n.2]
1. That ‘twattles’; chattering, babbling, prating. (Said of the person, or of the talk.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [adjective]
wordyeOE
talewisec1200
i-worded?c1225
babblinga1250
cacklinga1250
chatteringa1250
speakfula1250
word-wooda1250
of many wordsc1350
janglingc1374
tatteringc1380
tongueya1382
ganglinga1398
readya1400
jargaunt1412
talkative1432
open-moutheda1470
clattering1477
trattling?a1513
windy1513
popping1528
smatteringa1529
rattle?1529
communicablea1533
blab1552
gaggling1553
long-tongued?1553
prittle-prattle1556
pattering1558
talking1560
bobling1566
gabbling1566
verbal1572
piet1573
twattling1573
flibber gibber1575
babblative1576
tickle-tongued1577
tattling1581
buzzing1587
long-winded1589
multiloquous1591
discoursive1599
rattling1600
glib1602
flippant1605
talkful1605
nimble-tongued1608
tongue-ripe1610
fliperous1611
garrulous?1611
futile1612
overspeaking1612
feather-tongueda1618
tongue-free1617
long-breatheda1628
well-breathed1635
multiloquious1640
untongue-tied1640
unretentive1650
communicative1651
linguacious1651
glibbed1654
largiloquent1656
multiloquent1656
parlagea1657
loose-clacked1661
nimble-chop1662
twit-twat1665
over-talkativea1667
loquacious1667
loudmouth1668
conversable1673
gash1681
narrative1681
chappy1693
apposite1701
conversative1703
gabbit1710
lubricous1715
gabby?1719
ventose1721
taleful1726
chatty?1741
blethering1759
renable1781
fetch-fire1784
conversational1799
conversant1803
gashing1808
long-lunged1815
talky1815
multi-loquacious1819
prolegomenous1822
talky-talky1831
nimble-mouthed1836
slipper1842
speechful1842
gassy1843
in great force1849
yattering1859
babbly1860
irreticent1864
chattable1867
lubrical1867
chattery1869
loose-mouthed1872
chinny1883
tongue-wagging1885
yappy1909
big-mouthed1914
loose-lipped1919
ear-bashing1945
ear-bending1946
yackety-yacking1953
nattering1959
yacking1959
woofy1960
1573 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.
1647 W. Lilly Christian Astrol. cxxxiv. 594 She is..a twatling huswife, making discord where-ever she comes.
1702 Eng. Theophrastus 165 It is not for every Twatling Gossip.
2. Sounding, making a noise. colloquial. twattling strings, a colloquial expression for the sphincter ani.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > excretions > fart or belch > [adjective]
twattling1611
the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > muscles of specific parts > [noun] > muscle of anus
sphincter1578
twiddling string1594
twattling strings1611
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Naccare, drom-slades... And vsed for twatling fartes.
1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iii. iii. 83 Her Base Violl went..with great danger of breaking her twatling-strings.
1739 ‘R. Bull’ tr. F. Dedekind Grobianus 268 Her twattling Strings, with Laughter overcome, No more contract the Passage of the Bum.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > of little importance or trivial
eathlyc890
lighteOE
littleOE
small?c1225
singlec1449
easy1474
triflous1509
naughty1526
slender1530
slight1548
shrimpish1549
slipper1567
truanta1572
toyous1581
trivious1583
mean1585
silly1587
nicea1594
puny?1594
puisne1598
pusill1599
whindling1601
sapless1602
non-significant1603
poor1603
unsignificant1603
flea-bite1605
perishing1605
lank1607
weightless1610
fonda1616
penny farthing1615
triviala1616
unweighty1621
transitory1637
twattling1651
inconsiderate1655
unserious1655
nugal1656
small drink1656
slighty1662
minute1668
paddling1679
snitling1682
retail1697
Lilliputian1726
vain1731
rattletrap1760
peppercornish1762
peppercorn1791
underling1804
venial1806
lightweight1809
floccinaucical1826
small-bore1833
minified1837
trantlum1838
piffling1848
tea-tabular1855
potty1860
whipping-snapping1861
tea-gardeny1862
quiddling1863
twaddling1863
fidgeting1865
penny ante1865
feather-weighted1870
jerkwater1877
midget1879
mimsy1880
shirttail1881
two-by-four1885
footle1894
skittery1905
footery1929
Mickey Mouse1931
chickenshit1934
minoritized1945
marginal1952
marginalized1961
tea-party1961
little league1962
marginalizing1977
minnowy1991
1651 Miller of Mansf. 20 You feed us with twatling dishes so small.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
<
n.1577adj.1573