TWATTLE

Etymology 1

Verb

twattle (third-person singular simple present twattles, present participle twattling, simple past and past participle twattled)

(archaic, ambitransitive) To talk in a digressive or long-winded way.

Noun

twattle

(archaic) Chatter; twaddle.

Etymology 2

Verb

twattle (third-person singular simple present twattles, present participle twattling, simple past and past participle twattled)

(archaic, transitive) To make much of, as a domestic animal; to pet.

Etymology 3

Noun

twattle (plural twattles)

(archaic) A dwarf.

Source: Wiktionary


Twat"tle, v. i. Etym: [Cf. Tattle, Twaddle.]

Definition: To prate; to talk much and idly; to gabble; to chatter; to twaddle; as, a twattling gossip. L'Estrange.

Twat"tle, v. t.

Definition: To make much of, as a domestic animal; to pet. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.

Twat"tle, n.

Definition: Act of prating; idle talk; twaddle.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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