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  1. intransitive verb To talk foolishly; prate.
  2. noun Foolish, trivial, or idle talk or chatter.

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  • Many came to hear who had been disgusted with the usual sentiment - alism and twaddle, the absence of knowledge of human nature, the amount of conventional prejudice, They were induced to come by friends who represented that this was something quite different, and these men went away convinced in many cases, seconding resolutions and paying subscriptions. —  Life of John Coleridge Patteson
  • In either case, the net movement of molecules is from the region of higher concentration to that of lower concentration, in the direction of the slope of the concentra - —  The Human Brain
  • What romantic twaddle, she had thought at the time. —  War of the Twins
  • "Thomas, " I said firmly, 'this is twaddle, and you know it. —  A Breath of Snow and Ashes
  • McCrae shook her head, spoke tersely. —  The Black Hole
 

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drivel ·  gabble ·  balderdash ·  flummery ·  verbiage ·  platitude ·  nonsense ·  gibberish ·  fustian ·  moonshine ·  humbug ·  silliness
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Probably variant of dialectal twattle, perhaps alteration of tattle.

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  1. A variant of twattle.
  2. from twaddle, v.
 

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/ˈtwɑdl/
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