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Original entry ↗noun
Saliva trickling from the mouth. · Stupid talk.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo secrete saliva, especially in anticipation of food. · To secrete any substance in a similar way. · To react to something with uncontrollable desire. · To talk nonsense; drivel.
From earlier drule, apparently a corruption of drivel (compare snool from snivel). Compare also Middle English drullen (“to stagger, drool”), Dutch druilen (“to be listless, snooze”).
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