haverings

plural noun

ha·​ver·​ings

-ŋz

British

: absurd, pointless, or maundering talk : babblings

a tone of fatherly impatience with my moony haverings

—H. H. Richardson

Word History

Etymology

from plural of havering, gerund of haver entry 3

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