Obs. Also 5 ianglory. [a. OF. janglerie, f. janglere, -eor JANGLER: see -ERY 1 b.] Idle talk, babbling; wrangling.
c. 1374. Chaucer, Troylus, V. 755. This purpos wol I hold, and þis is best, No fors of wykked tonges Ianglerye. Ibid. (c. 1386), Melib., ¶ 96. It is written, the Ianglerye of wommen ne can nothing hide, save that which they wot not.
1483. Caxton, Gold. Leg., 248/2. Ther was a nonne in Sabyne whiche … eschewed not the Ianglerye of her tonge.
1631. Weever, Anc. Fun. Mon., 685. Ianglery, buffonnerie, and such other vices.
attrib. 1583. Stanyhurst, Æneis, II. (Arb.), 46. To what purpose do I chat such ianglerye trim trams?
