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Part of Speech: imperfect, past participle

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babbler

Part of Speech: noun

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            1.                                           An                                                         idle                                                         talker;                                                         an                                                         irrational                                                           prater;                                                           a                                                         teller                                                         of                                                           secrets.                                    

            2.                                             A                                                         hound                                                         too                                                         noisy                                                         on                                                         finding                                                           a                                                         good                                                         scent.                                    

            3.                                             A                                                         name                                                         given                                                         to                                                         any                                                         one                                                         of                                                         family (                                                          Timalinae)                                                         of                                                           thrushlike                                                           birds,                                                         having                                                           a                                                         chattering                                                         note.                                    

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The eggs of this cuckoo are blue, but are distinguishable from those of the babbler by their larger size.
The Examiner is entirely unacquainted with the babbler he justly reproves, or he would not have mentioned anything to him respecting modesty; as he must be sensible that screech- owls are entirely divested of modesty, and he may be assured that Vox Populi is one of those midnight squallers. - "Essays on the Constitution of the United States", Paul Leicester Ford.
For quite different reasons William Roubli, an outlawed clergyman from Basel, whom Zwingli himself has styled a rash and foolish babbler, and Hans Gunthelm, an impudent deserter, had not only done the same with great parade and loose talk, but had attempted also to induce other families to join them. - "The Life and Times of Ulric Zwingli", Johann Hottinger.

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