Labour of the lips. Empty talk; esp. vain repetition of words in prayer. Also attributive.
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| 释义 | the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > unintelligible language, gibberish > [noun] > meaningless repetition (13) lip-labour?1548 Labour of the lips. Empty talk; esp. vain repetition of words in prayer. Also attributive. lip-labouring1549 = lip-labour, n. hibber-gibber1593 A confused repetition or babble of talking; gibberish. lip-work1631 = lip-labour, n. echolalia1885 Pathology. The meaningless repetition of words and phrases. parrotese1889 the language of parrots. rhubarb1919 A murmurous background noise, an indistinct conversation, esp. the repetition of the word ‘rhubarb’ by actors to represent such a conversation or… Subcategories:— production of (4) — instance of (2) |
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