brabble

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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From Middle Dutch brabbelen (“to quarrel, jabber”). Akin to babble. Compare modern Dutch brabbelen, German brabbeln (“to talk confusedly”).

"How changed I must be!" she said to herself, as Sherbrand answered her: "With heathery moors and towering scaurs, and galloping trout-rivers brabbling over lichened boulders--and Somebody one loves to talk to--one calls that kind of dulness a happy honeymoon!" — That Which Hath Wings: A Novel of the Day, Richard Dehan

quibble, niggle, pettifog, bicker, squabble

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