Word Meanings - TWITTLE-TWATTLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Tattle; gabble. L'Estrange.

ESTRANGE
extraneare to treat as a stranger, from extraneus strange. See 1. To withdraw; to withhold; hence, reflexively, to keep at a distance; to cease to be familiar and friendly with. We must estrange our belief from everything which is not clearly and
ESTRANGER
One who estranges.
ESTRANGEDNESS
State of being estranged; estrangement. Prynne.
GABBLER
One who gabbles; a prater.
GABBLE
Etym: 1. To talk fast, or to talk without meaning; to prate; to jabber. Shak. 2. To utter inarticulate sounds with rapidity; as, gabbling fowls. Dryden.
TATTLE
1. To prate; to talk idly; to use many words with little meaning; to chat. The tattling quality of age, which is always narrative. Dryden. 2. To tell tales; to communicate secrets; to be a talebearer; as, a tattling girl.
TATTLER
Any one of several species of large, long-legged sandpipers belonging to the genus Totanus. Note: The common American species are the greater tattler, or telltale , the smaller tattler, or lesser yellowlegs , the solitary tattler , and
ESTRANGEMENT
The act of estranging, or the state of being estranged; alienation. An estrangement from God. J. C. Shairp. A long estrangement from better things. South.
TATTLERY
Idle talk or chat; tittle-tattle.
TITTLE-TATTLE
1. Idle, trifling talk; empty prattle. Arbuthnot. 2. An idle, trifling talker; a gossip. Tatler.