Unintelligible or meaningless talk or writing; nonsense, gibberish. (Often a term of contempt for something the speaker does not understand.)
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释义 | the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > unintelligible language, gibberish > [noun] (75) jargon1340 Unintelligible or meaningless talk or writing; nonsense, gibberish. (Often a term of contempt for something the speaker does not understand.) gibberishc1557 Unintelligible speech belonging to no known language, and supposed to be of arbitrary invention; inarticulate chatter, jargon. Often applied… fustiana1593 figurative. Inflated, turgid, or inappropriately lofty language; speech or writing composed of high-sounding words and phrases; bombast, rant; in… hibber-gibber1593 A confused repetition or babble of talking; gibberish. rabble?1593 A rambling, disjointed discourse or speech; a convoluted, incoherent ramble; a rigmarole. Cf. rabble, v.1 Obsolete (regional in later use). gabbling1599 The action of gabbling (see gabble, v.). Also (frequently in plural): gabbled speech, discourse, sounds, etc. rantum-scantum1599 Used as a disparaging or rousing chant or chorus. Obsolete. ribble-rabble1601 Confused speech or language; meaningless chatter, rigmarole; babble, gabble; an instance of this. gabble1602 Rapid, unintelligible speech; an instance of this; a rapid, unintelligible utterance. Also: meaningless or inconsequential talk; prattle. Cf. earlier… High Dutch1602 Language that a person cannot understand; = double Dutch at Dutch, n.1 2b. Chiefly in to be (all) High Dutch to a person. Now rare. Greek1603 Unintelligible speech or language, gibberish. Also heathen Greek (rarely Hebrew-Greek). (Cf. Hebrew, n. 2b.) St. Giles's Greek: slang. baragouin1614 Language so altered in sound or sense as to become generally unintelligible; jargon, ‘double-Dutch.’ galimatias1653 Confused language, meaningless talk, nonsense. riddle-me-ree1678 Nonsense; rambling or meaningless language. clink-clank1679 A succession or alternation of clinking sounds; figurative a senseless jingle of words. Hebrew1705 colloquial. Unintelligible speech: cf. Greek, n. 8. alieniloquy1727 An instance of straying from the subject one is supposed to be talking about; rambling or evasive talk. jabber1735 The act of jabbering; rapid and indistinct or unintelligible talk; gabble, chatter; gibberish. mumbo-jumbo1738 colloquial. Obscure or meaningless language or ritual; jargon intended to impress or mystify; nonsense. gibbering1786 The action of gibber, v.1 rigmarole1809 Without article: language or discourse characterized by elaboration or (excessive) length; (in later use also) rambling or incoherent speech or… gibber1832 Rapid and inarticulate utterance. rigmarolery1833 diffuse or protracted discourse; the use of this. Babelism1834 Noisy confusion of speech; incoherence of language or ideas; (also) diversity of languages; a state of mutual unintelligibility. jargoning1837 barrikin1851 = baragouin, n. abracadabra1867 Obscure, nonsensical, or mystificatory language; mumbo-jumbo, nonsense, gibberish. double Dutch1876 double Dutch: a language that one does not understand, gibberish. jabberwock1902 In allusive and extended uses, esp. ‘incoherent or nonsensical expression’. jabberwocky1908 invented language, meaningless language, nonsensical behaviour; also as adj., nonsensical, meaningless, topsy-turvy. jibber-jabber1922 mumbo-jumbery1923 Probably: = mumbo-jumbo, n. 2. mumbo1931 = mumbo-jumbo, n. 2. double-talk1938 Deliberately unintelligible speech; speech that is a mixture of real and invented words; gibberish. garbology1944 humorous. Silly terminology; (more generally) nonsense, rubbish. rare. Subcategories:— professional (5) — instance of (21) — meaningless repetition (13) — user of (1) |
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