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11Drivelled — Drivel Driv el, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Driveled}or {Drivelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Driveling} or {Drivelling}.] [Cf. OE. dravelen, drabelen, drevelen, drivelen, to slaver, and E. drabble. Cf. {Drool}.] 1. To slaver; to let spittle drop or flow from… …
12drivel — I. intransitive verb ( eled or elled; eling or drivelling) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English dreflian; perhaps akin to Old Norse draf malt dregs Date: before 12th century 1. to let saliva dribble from the mouth ; slaver 2. to talk… …
13Cratinus — (Greek Κρᾰτῖνος, 519 BC 422 BC), Athenian comic poet of the Old Comedy. Contents 1 Life 2 Works 2.1 Pytine 2.1.1 Plot …
14Agapius Honcharenko — Reverend Agapius Honcharenko (August 31, 1832 ndash;May 5, 1916, real name Andrii Humnytsky, aka Ahapii or Ahapius) was a Ukrainian patriot and exiled Greek Orthodox priest. He was a prominent scholar, humanitarian, and early champion for human… …
15Dulcamara, or the Little Duck and the Great Quack — Belcore woos Adina: illustration of Donizetti s L Elisir d Amore burlesqued by Gilbert in 1866 Dulcamara, or the Little Duck and the Great Quack, is one of the earliest plays written by W.S. Gilbert, his first solo stage success. The work is a… …
16drivel — driveler; esp. Brit., driveller, n. drivelingly; esp. Brit., drivellingly, adv. /driv euhl/, n. v., driveled, driveling or (esp. Brit.) drivelled, drivelling. n. 1. saliva flowing from the mouth, or mucus from the nose; slaver. 2. childish, silly …
17Lydgate, John — (ca. 1370–ca. 1449) John Lydgate was a Benedictine monk from Bury Saint Edmunds who wrote more poetry than any other known medieval English poet.He was much praised by his contemporaries and by writers in the years immediately following his… …
18drivel — {{11}}drivel (n.) early 14c., drevel saliva, slaver, from DRIVEL (Cf. drivel) (v.). Meaning idiotic speech or writing is from 1852. {{12}}drivel (v.) O.E. dreflian to dribble or run at the nose, slobber, from P.Gmc. *drablojanan, from PIE *dher… …
19drivel — [ drɪv(ə)l] noun nonsense. verb (drivels, drivelling, drivelled; US drivels, driveling, driveled) 1》 talk nonsense. 2》 archaic let saliva or mucus flow from the mouth or nose. Derivatives …
20absurdity — n. 1. Unreasonableness, irrationality, foolishness, folly, foolery, extravagance, absurdness, nugacity, fatuity, idiocy, drivelling. 2. Absurd thing, drivel, hysteron proteron. See paradox, mare s nest, cart before the horse …
