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Piffle

//ˈpɪf.əl// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Nonsense, foolish talk. uncountable

    "The wafflier the piffle, the more sharply Mr Nicholson wields his skewer."

  2. 2
    trivial nonsense wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To act or speak in a futile, ineffective, or nonsensical manner.
  2. 2
    act in a trivial or ineffective way wordnet
  3. 3
    To waste, to fritter away.
  4. 4
    speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly wordnet
  5. 5
    To be squeamish or delicate. dated

Etymology

Etymology 1

Unknown, 1847. Perhaps blend of piddle + trifle, perhaps puff (“(onomatopoeia, puff of air)”) + -le (“diminutive”).

Etymology 2

Unknown, 1847. Perhaps blend of piddle + trifle, perhaps puff (“(onomatopoeia, puff of air)”) + -le (“diminutive”).

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