GIBBERISH

gibberish, gibber

(noun) unintelligible talking

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

gibberish (usually uncountable, plural gibberishes)

Speech or writing that is unintelligible, incoherent or meaningless.

Needlessly obscure or overly technical language.

A language game, comparable to pig Latin, in which one inserts a nonsense syllable before the first vowel in each syllable of a word.

Synonyms

• gibber

• See also nonsense

Adjective

gibberish (comparative more gibberish, superlative most gibberish)

unintelligible, incoherent or meaningless

Source: Wiktionary


Gib"ber*ish, n. Etym: [From Gibber, v. i.]

Definition: Rapid and inarticulate talk; unintelligible language; unmeaning words; jargon. He, like a gypsy, oftentimes would go; All kinds of gibberish he had learnt to known. Drayton. Such gibberish as children may be heard amusing themselves with. Hawthorne.

Gib"ber*ish, a.

Definition: Unmeaning; as, gibberish language.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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