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drivel

dri·vel

UK/dɹəv.əl/ US/dɹɪv.əl/ uncommon archaic obsolete rare
noun (2) verb (1)

noun

1.
2.

saliva spilling from the mouth

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verb

1.

let saliva drivel from the mouth

  • “The baby drooled”
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From Middle English drevelen, drivelen, from Old English dreflian (“to drivel, slobber, slaver”), from Proto-Germanic *drablijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerebʰ- (“cloudy, turbid; yeast”).

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