twittle-twattle
English edit
Etymology edit
See twattle.
Noun edit
twittle-twattle (plural twittle-twattles)
- (archaic) Frivolous chatter or gossip; gabble, tattle.
- Synonym: (obsolete) twit-twat
- 1667, Francisco de Quevedo Villegas, “(please specify the page)”, in R[oger] L[’Estrange], transl., The Visions of Dom Francisco de Quevedo Villegas, […], London: […] H[enry] Herringman […], →OCLC:
- The Gossips bawdy twittle twattle, / The Nurse and Midwife's prittle prattles / That must be very Welcome made
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Duffett to this entry?)
References edit
- “twittle-twattle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.