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confab¹
- /ˈkɒnfæb/ UK
- /kənˈfæb/ US
- /kɑn-/ US
- /kɔnˈfæb/ Australia
Rhymes with -æb
Where it comes from
Clipping of confabulation, from Middle English confabulacion (“conversation”), from Latin confābulātiōnem, from cōnfābulārī + -tiōnem (suffix forming nouns relating to actions or their results); see further at etymology 2.
noun confabs
- Clipping of confabulation (“a casual chat or talk”).confabulation But, Sir, as I am in haſte, we had better refer the Diſpute at preſent—any other Time I am at your Service for a Confab of a few Hours—I ſhall run thro' my Buſineſs with as brief Prolixity as poſſible— [...]
confab²
- /ˈkɒnfæb/ UK
- /kənˈfæb/ US
- /kɑn-/ US
- /kɔnˈfæb/ Australia
Rhymes with -æb
Where it comes from
Clipping of confabulate, from Latin cōnfābulārī + English -ate (suffix forming verbs with the sense of acting in the specified manner). Cōnfābulārī is the present active infinitive of cōnfābulor (“to converse; to discuss”), from con- (prefix indicating a bringing together) + fābulor (“to chat, converse, talk; to make up a story”) (from fābula (“discourse, narrative; fable, story”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to say, speak”)) + for (“to say, speak, talk”)).
verb confabs · confabbing · confabbed
- Clipping of confabulate (“to speak casually with somebody; to chat”).confabulate [T]o mak conquests o' bits o' lasses, ye would hae been sitting in your forlorn chair, confabbing wi' Jock, about whether by rope, or gun, was the easiest way o' deeing.
