What does "twaddle" mean?

Twaddle: To talk a weak and silly manner, like one whose faculties are decayed; to prate; to prattle. Stanyhurst.

Additional senses

  1. 2.Silly talk; gabble; fustian. I have put in this chapter on fighting . . . because of the cant and twaddle that's talked of boxing and fighting with fists now-a-days. T. Hughes.

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