jabberer

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English jab

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

English -er

English jabber

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English -er

English jabberer

From jabber + -er.

Noun

jabberer (plural jabberers)

1. One who jabbers.

   Ned was a horrible jabberer about Star Trek; I could hardly get a word in edgewise around his incomprehensible techno-babble.

Synonyms

• babbler
• chatterbox

Translations

someone who jabbers

• German: (pejorative) Schwatzmaul n
• Volapük: (pejorative ♂♀) luspikan (vo), (♂) hiluspikan, (♀) jiluspikan (vo)