driveled

Meanings

• Adjective

  1. Speaking in a slurred or incoherent manner due to intoxication or illness.

  - "After the party, John was driveled and could barely speak."
  - "The elderly man's speech was driveled due to a stroke."

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Synonyms

drool

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with driveled
mumbled , grumbled , bubbled , stumbling , numbled , humbled

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Homophones

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1. drivel (en) : stupid or foolish talk; nonsense
   

2. drivel (en) : a liquid, especially saliva or mucus, that is secreted in large quantities
   

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Variants

List of all variants of driveled that leads to same result
drivel , driveled , driveler , drivelers , driveling , drivelled , drivelling , drivels

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Etymology

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The word 'driveled' is derived from the Old English word 'drifelan,' which means 'to make drunk.'

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Trivia

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1. The word 'driveled' is sometimes used figuratively to describe someone who is acting foolishly or irrationally.

2. In some dialects, the past tense of the verb 'to drivel' is 'driveled' instead of 'dripped' or 'drooled.'

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Related Concepts

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1. intoxication: A state of drunkenness or drugged condition, characterized by loss of normal inhibitions and clear thinking.

2. speech impairment: A condition that affects a person's ability to produce clear and understandable speech.

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Culture

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The word 'driveled' has been used in literature and poetry to describe the incoherent or slurred speech of drunken or intoxicated characters. For example, in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth,' the character Macduff describes the murdered children as 'drivelled in their brains.'

How to Memorize "driveled"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine someone speaking very slowly and slurring their words due to intoxication or illness.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'driveled' with the idea of someone being drunk or intoxicated and speaking incoherently.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic using the first letter of each definition: D - Drunken, R - Rambling, I - Inebriated, V - Verbal, E - Expressing, L - Loudly, E - Erratically.

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