Twaddling
noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 nonsense; claptrap countable, uncountable
"It delighted her to draw out his worldlinesses, and to make the old habitue of clubs and drawing-rooms tell his twaddling tales about great folks, and expound his views of morals."
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of twaddle form-of, gerund, participle, present
""All which details, I have no doubt, Jones, who reads this book at his Club, will pronounce to be excessively foolish, trivial, twaddling, and ultra-sentimental.""
Example
More examples""All which details, I have no doubt, Jones, who reads this book at his Club, will pronounce to be excessively foolish, trivial, twaddling, and ultra-sentimental.""
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