Drivel and Prose

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Drivel verb - To let saliva or some other substance flow from the mouth.

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Prose and drivel are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Prose" instead a verb "Drivel".

Nearby Words: driveling, driveller

Prose noun - Ordinary writing as distinguished from verse.

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Drivel and prose are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Drivel" instead a verb "Prose".

Nearby Words: prosaic, prosy, prosing

Namely, he takes her to task of writing of a handsome man's back "rippling" and explains why the prose is sentimental drivel.

Source: Literature / Fire and Hemlock
Purple Prose: An in-story example - Polly writes like this until Tom gives her some rather odd tips to cure her "sentimental drivel".

Source: Literature / Fire and Hemlock

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