"muttering, foolish talk," c. 1400, verbal noun from babble (v.). The adjective babblative "given to idle talk" is attested from 1580s. Related: Babblingly.
Baal
Baath
baba
Babbitt
babble
babbling
babe
Babel
babelicious
babify
Babism
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