janglery

janglery noun: chatter; gossip.

Noun

janglery (uncountable)

(dated, rare) Chatter; gossip.
- See there be no entrance into princes' courts, either of drunkenneſs, ill-ſpeaking, babling indiſcreetly, flattery, janglery, buffoonery, and ſuch other vices, which ſoil and ſhame the reputation of men.1767, Weever, John, 1576-1632, Tooke, William, 1744-1820, Antient funeral monuments, of Great-Britain, Ireland, and the islands adjacent, page 430
- For it is written, the janglery of women ne can nothing hide, save that which they wot not.1861, Craik, George L. (George Lillie), 1798-1866, A compendious history of English literature, and of the English language, from the Norman conquest. With numerous specimens, page 343

Gregory saith in his dialogues that there was a nun Sabina which held her continent of her flesh, but she eschewed not the janglery of her tongue [.]1900, William Caxton, c. 1415-c. 1492, The Golden Legend or Lives of the Saints, as englished by William Caxton, London : J. M. Dent, page...
And by this way of behaving, you shall not be put in their janglery and talking and will not have blame or defame of the world.1995, Larrington, Carolyne, Women and writing in medieval Europe : a sourcebook, page 73:
Do not prate such janglery to me, my Lord Earl of Warwick!’2001, Dessau, Joanna, Cock robin, page 107:

Borrowed from Middle English janglerie.

What does janglery mean?: Janglery means chatter; gossip.
How do you use janglery in a sentence?: Gregory saith in his dialogues that there was a nun Sabina which held her continent of her flesh, but she eschewed not the janglery of her tongue [.]
What part of speech is janglery?: Janglery is a noun.

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