babbler
nounUK [ˈbæb(ə)lə(ɹ)]
Etymology From Middle English babeler, babler, equivalent to babble + -er.
1
Someone who babbles.
- Great babblers, or talkers, are[…] not fit […]for trust.1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC:
2
Any of several passerine birds, of the families Leiothrichidae, Timaliidae and Paradoxornithidae (found in Asia and Africa), and Pomatostomidae (found in Australia).
3
Dated A hound who is too noisy on finding a good scent.
- Derived terms
- Australo-Papuan babbler, Bengal babbler, black-browed babbler, black-capped babbler, glissando babbler, grey-chested babbler, ground babbler, jewel-babbler, jungle babbler, psychobabbler, rail-babbler, scimitar babbler, shrike-babbler, Sikkim wedge-billed babbler, striated babbler, tit-babbler, white-headed babbler, wren-babbler, yellow-eyed babbler