Twaddle

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ædÉ™l
• UK IPA: /ˈtwÉ’dÉ™l/
• US IPA: /ˈtwÉ‘dÉ™l/

Origin

1782, by alteration of twattle (1556), of unknown origin.

Online Etymology Dictionary

Merriam Webster Online

Full definition of twaddle

Noun

1. Empty or silly idle talk or writing; nonsense, rubbish
2. A twaddler.

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Verb

1. To talk or write nonsense; to prattle.
• 1918, W. B. Maxwell, The Mirror and the Lamp Chapter 12, To Edward … he was terrible, nerve-inflaming, poisonously asphyxiating. He sat rocking himself in the late Mr. Churchill's swing chair, smoking and twaddling.

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