subs. (B. E. and GROSE: now recognised).—‘Confused unintelligible talk such as was used at the building of the tower of Babel’ (GROSE). BABBLER = ‘a great talker’ (B. E.). [O.E.D.: Common to several languages: ‘in none can its history be carried far back; as yet it is known as early in English as anywhere else…. No direct connection with Babel can be traced; though association with that may have affected the senses.’]
