[f. as prec. + -ING2.] Speaking inarticulately or irrationally; babbling.

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c. 1410.  Love, Bonavent. Mirr., xl. 88 (Gibbs MS.). He þat is vnknowynge and blaberynge.

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c. 1430.  Hymns Virg. (1867), 108. Þat blaberyng are wiþ oþes blent.

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1509.  Barclay, Shyp of Folys (1570), 38. Blabbering fooles superflue of language.

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1549.  Compl. Scot., vi. 38. Blaberand eccho.

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