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Webster 1913 Edition
Drivel
Driv′el
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Driveled
or Drivelled
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Driveling
or Drivelling
.] 1.
To slaver; to let spittle drop or flow from the mouth, like a child, idiot, or dotard.
2.
[Perh. a different word: cf. Icel.
drafa
to talk thick.] To be weak or foolish; to dote;
as, a
driveling
hero; driveling
love. Shak. Dryden.
Driv′el
,Noun.
1.
Slaver; saliva flowing from the mouth.
2.
Inarticulate or unmeaning utterance; foolish talk; babble.
3.
A driveler; a fool; an idiot.
[Obs.]
Sir P. Sidney.
4.
A servant; a drudge.
[Obs.]
Huloet.
Webster 1828 Edition
Drivel
DRIVEL
,Verb.
I.
1.
To slaver; to let spittle drop or flow from the mouth, like a child, idiot or dotard.2.
To be weak or foolish; to dote; as a driveling hero; driveling love.DRIVEL
,Noun.
1.
Slaver; saliva flowing from the mouth.2.
A driveller; a fool; an idiot. [Not used.]Definition 2024
drivel
drivel
English
Noun
drivel (uncountable)
- senseless talk; nonsense
- saliva, drool
- (obsolete) A fool; an idiot.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir Philip Sidney to this entry?)
- (obsolete) A servant; a drudge.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Huloet to this entry?)
Translations
senseless talk
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saliva, drool
Verb
drivel (third-person singular simple present drivels, present participle driveling or drivelling, simple past and past participle driveled or drivelled)
- To have saliva drip from the mouth; to drool.
- To talk nonsense; to talk senselessly.
- To be weak or foolish; to dote.
- 1597, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act II
- This drivelling love is like a great natural, that runs lolling up and down to hide his bauble in a hole.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Dryden to this entry?)
- 1597, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act II
Translations
to have saliva drip from the mouth
to talk nonsense
Synonyms
- To have saliva drip from the mouth : drool
- To talk nonsense : See also Wikisaurus:nonsense.
References
- drivel in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913