Definition of Drivelling

1. Verb. (present participle of drivel) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Drivelling

1. drivel [v] - See also: drivel

Lexicographical Neighbors of Drivelling

driveby
drivebys
drived
drivel
driveled
driveler
drivelers
driveless
drivelike
driveline
drivelines
driveling
drivelled
driveller
drivellers
drivelling
drivellingly
drivels
driven
driven away
driven well
drivenness
drivennesses
drivepipe
drivepipes
driver
driver's licence
driver's licences
driver's license
driver's licenses

Literary usage of Drivelling

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Lancet (1842)
"Decrepitude is not invariably attended with drivelling—as we hare already shown, the opposite is sometimes its concomitant. When, however, it does prevail, ..."

2. English Prose and Poetry (1137-1892) by John Matthews Manly (1916)
"... His withered fist still knocking at death's door, Fumbling and drivelling as he draws his breath, 335 For brief, the shape and messenger of Death. ..."

3. Sermons and Discourses by Thomas Chalmers (1846)
"There j is here no compromise of sound principle j on the part of the church—for it is not in drivelling submission to the authority of | man, ..."

4. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1859)
"... a cloth to prevent a child drivelling over its clothes. Baver, to slaver or drivel. See Beaver. Fris. b'dbbe, the mouth. Perhaps the word has once been ..."

5. Twenty Years in Parliament by William Torrens McCullagh Torrens (1893)
"We only make fools of ourselves by babbling about territorial covetousness and dishonesty, and the sooner the drivelling hypocrisy is given over the better. ..."

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