Babbler

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Someone who babbles.

    "Great babblers, or talkers, are[…] not fit […]for trust."

  2. 2
    any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song; in some classifications considered members of the family Muscicapidae wordnet
  3. 3
    Any of several passerine birds, of the families Timaliidae and Paradoxornithidae (both found in Asia, Africa) and Pomatostomidae (found in Australia).
  4. 4
    an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker wordnet
  5. 5
    A hound who is too noisy on finding a good scent. dated

Etymology

From Middle English babeler, babler, equivalent to babble + -er.

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