babbler

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker
noun any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song; in some classifications considered members of the family Muscicapidae

From Middle English babeler, babler, equivalent to babble + -er.

"What is it," said he, "these babblers want? — Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte — Complete, Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne
"Sir Frederick Haldimand is a babbler!" he said, between tightening lips. — The Reckoning, Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
She heard her people talk; they were unending babblers in the waterfall. — Complete Short Works of George Meredith, George Meredith

chatterer, prater, chatterbox, magpie, spouter

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