·noun Silly talk; gabble; fustian.
II. Twaddle ·vi & ·vt To talk in a weak and silly manner, like one whose faculties are decayed; to Prate; to Prattle.
Perplexity, confusion, or any thing else: a fashionable term that for a while succeeded that of BORE...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose