| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| twaddle |
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| SYLLABICATION: | twad·dle |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  tw d l |
| INTRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: twad·dled, twad·dling, twad·dles
To talk foolishly; prate. | | NOUN: | Foolish, trivial, or idle talk or chatter. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Probably variant of dialectal twattle, perhaps alteration of tattle. | | OTHER FORMS: | twaddler —NOUN
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