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jabber(dictionary)

Labadist (iou) and jabber (iou)


Labadist (iou)



Labadist noun. L17.
[French Labadiste, from Labadie (see below) + -IST.]
Ecclesiastical History. A follower of the French mystic Jean de Labadie (1610-74), who seceded from the Roman Church and founded a sect holding quietist views.

jabber (iou)



jabber verb & noun. L15.
[Imit.: cf. GABBER verb, JABBLE verb1, JAVVER.]
A. verb.
verb intrans. Talk rapidly and indistinctly; speak fluently but with little sense; chatter, gabble, prattle; contempt. talk in a language the hearer does not understand. L15.
H. Allen She jabbered at him in a dialect he could not understand. W. Styron I began jabbering at Sophie with brainless unrestraint. New Yorker Friends would come over..to jabber and gossip about all the excitement.
b. Utter inarticulate sounds rapidly and volubly; chatter like a monkey, bird, etc. E19.
verb trans. Utter or say rapidly and indistinctly; express by jabbering; contempt. speak (a language) without being understood. M16.
Hugh Miller Poor idiot,..come every day to the churchyard, to..jabber in broken expressions his grief.
b. noun. The action of jabbering; rapid and indistinct or unintelligible talk; gabble, chatter; gibberish. E18.
jabberer noun L17.