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101palaver — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. colloquy, conference, parley, conversation; babble, chatter; flattery, soft soap (inf.); nonsense, absurdity. v. i. converse, confer; dicker, barter; gossip, drivel, babble, chatter. See speech,… …
102speech — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Oral communication Nouns 1. speech, talk, faculty of speech; locution, parlance, expression, vernacular, oral communication, word of mouth, parole, palaver, prattle; effusion, discourse; soliloquy;… …
103twaddle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. gabble, nonsense, fustian. See absurdity. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. nonsense, foolishness, balderdash, *rot, *rubbish, *crap, claptrap, drivel, prattle, tripe, blather, hogwash, *piffle. III… …
104blather — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. drivel, foolishness, claptrap, twaddle, *bull. see nonsense II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb To talk rapidly, incoherently, or indistinctly: babble, chatter, gabble, gibber, jabber, prate, prattle. See WORDS. II… …
105Loquacity — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Loquacity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 loquacity loquacity loquaciousness Sgm: N 1 talkativeness talkativeness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 garrulity garrulity Sgm: N 1 multiloquence multiloquence much speaking GRP …
106coprolalia — obsessive use of obscene language, either through mental illness or perversion, 1886, from Fr. coprolalie, coined 1885 by de la Tourette, from COPRO (Cf. copro ) dung, filth + Gk. lalia talk, prattle, a speaking, from lalein to speak, prattle, of …
107echolalia — 1885, from Gk. ekho (see ECHO (Cf. echo)) + lalia talk, prattle, a speaking, from lalein to speak, prattle, of echoic origin …
108glossolalia — speaking in tongues, 1879, from Gk. glossa tongue, language (see GLOSS (Cf. gloss) (n.2)) + lalia talk, prattle, a speaking, from lalein to speak, prattle, of echoic origin …
109tittle-tattle — n. Prate, prattle, gabble, chatter, idle talk, trifling discourse, babble, cackle, gossip, prittle prattle …
110cackle — I. v. n. 1. Laugh (with a sound like the cackling of a goose), giggle, titter, snicker. 2. Chatter, prattle, babble, palaver, talk idly, talk nonsense. See prate. II. n. Prattle, twaddle, idle talk, small talk. See prate …
