Driv"el, n. 1.
Slaver; saliva flowing from the mouth.
2. Inarticulate or unmeaning utterance;
foolish talk; babble.
3. A driveler; a fool; an idiot. [Obs.]
Sir P. Sidney.
4. A servant; a drudge. [Obs.]
Huloet.
Driv"el (?), v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Driveled (?) or Drivelled; p. pr.
& vb. n. Driveling or Drivelling.] [Cf. OE.
dravelen, drabelen, drevelen, drivelen,
to slaver, and E. drabble. Cf. Drool.]
1. To slaver; to let spittle drop or flow from
the mouth, like a child, idiot, or dotard.
2. [Perh. a different word: cf. Icel. drafa
to talk thick.] To be weak or foolish; to dote; as, a
driveling hero; driveling love. Shak.
Dryden.