i Register
In some senses, drivel is marked as archaic, obsolete, rare. Watch for register when choosing this word.
noun
Nonsense; senseless talk.
“You pay too much attention to such insipid drivel in even mentioning it.”
But what drivel I am writing! It is just an attempt to pass the weary time.
Saliva, drool.
He pauses as I wipe the drivel from his chin.
He wiped drivel from his chin with a stubby forearm.
verb
To talk nonsense; to talk senselessly; to drool.
To have saliva drip from the mouth.
To be weak or foolish; to dote.
This drivelling love is like a great natural, that runs lolling up and down to hide his bauble in a hole.
driveling dotard
noun
A servant; a drudge.
that foul aged drivel
A fool; an idiot.
if thou didst know what a life I lead with that drivel, it would make thee even of pity receive me into thy only comfort