Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
To tell tales; to gossip without reserve or discretion. · to speak carelessly or excessively
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryOne who blabs; a babbler; a telltale; a gossip or gossiper. · Gossip; prattle.
From Middle English blabben (“to talk foolishly”), perhaps from Middle English blabbe (“idle talk; talebearer”). Compare Middle English blaberen (“to blabber, babble”), Middle High German blabezen (“to stammer, babble”).
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