There are four varieties of commercially viable coffee: Arabica, Liberica, Excelsa, and Robusta. Growers predominantly plant the Arabica species. Although less popular, Robusta tastes slightly more bitter and contains more caffeine.
BABBLING
babble, babbling, lallation
(noun) gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
babbling (countable and uncountable, plural babblings)
(uncountable) a stage in child language acquisition, during which an infant appears to be experimenting with uttering sounds of language, but not yet producing any recognizable words
(countable, uncountable) sounds produced by infant during the babbling period
(countable, uncountable) Idle senseless talk; prattle.
(countable, uncountable) A confused murmur, as of a stream.
Verb
babbling
present participle of babble
Anagrams
• blabbing
Source: Wiktionary
BABBLE
Bab"ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Babbled (p. pr. & vb. n. Babbling.] Etym: [Cf.LG. babbeln, D. babbelen, G. bappeln, bappern, F. babiller, It. babbolare; prob. orig., to keep saying ba, imitative of a child learning to talk.]
1. To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds; as a child babbles.
2. To talk incoherently; to utter unmeaning words.
3. To talk much; to chatter; to prate.
4. To make a continuous murmuring noise, as shallow water running over stones. In every babbling he finds a friend. Wordsworth.
Note: Hounds are said to babble, or to be babbling, when they are too noisy after having found a good scent.
Syn.
– To prate; prattle; chatter; gossip.
Bab"ble, v. i.
1. To utter in an indistinct or incoherent way; to repeat,as words, in a childish way without understanding. These [words] he used to babble in all companies. Arbuthnot.
2. To disclose by too free talk, as a secret.
Bab"ble, n.
1. Idle talk; senseless prattle; gabble; twaddle. "This is mere moral babble." Milton.
2. Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur. The babble of our young children. Darwin. The babble of the stream. Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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