twaddle

[ twod-l ]

noun

1. trivial, feeble, silly, or tedious talk or writing.

   Synonyms: rubbish, prattle, nonsense, drivel

verb (used without object)

, twad·dled, twad·dling.

1. to talk in a trivial, feeble, silly, or tedious manner; prate.

verb (used with object)

, twad·dled, twad·dling.

1. to utter as twaddle.

twaddle

/ ˈtwɒdəl /

noun

1. silly, trivial, or pretentious talk or writing; nonsense

verb

1. to talk or write (something) in a silly or pretentious way

Derived Forms

• ˈtwaddler, noun

Other Words From

• twaddler noun
• twaddly adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of twaddle¹

1540–50; variant of twattle, blend of twiddle and tattle

Word History and Origins

Origin of twaddle¹

C16 twattle , variant of twittle or tittle ; see tittle-tattle

Example Sentences

Fernandez hopes that future studies will conduct neurological work to watch the bats’ brains during toddler twaddle and look for similarities to brain development in human children.

From Popular-Science

In Normal Accidents, sociologist Charles Perrow argued that this was self-comforting twaddle.

From The Daily Beast

Better live a crossing-sweeper than die and be made to talk twaddle by a "medium" hired at a guinea a séance.

From Project Gutenberg

Science and system are far more efficacious than much of the old-fashioned granny's twaddle.

From Project Gutenberg

Better live a crossing-sweeper than die and be made to talk twaddle by a "medium" hired at a guinea a sance.

From Project Gutenberg

It is made out of a little lump of tawdry material which says nothing, is, indeed, mere twaddle.

From Project Gutenberg

Merle can talk the whole bunch down when he gets to shooting on all six—sounds good, but I've no doubt it's just wise twaddle.

From Project Gutenberg