Jangled

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Jangle \Jan"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Jangled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Jangling}.] [OE. janglen to quarrel, OF. jangler to rail,
     quarrel; of Dutch or German origin; cf. D. jangelen, janken,
     to whimper, chide, brawl, quarrel.]
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     1. To sound harshly or discordantly, as bells out of tune.


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     2. To talk idly; to prate; to babble; to chatter; to gossip.
        "Thou janglest as a jay." --Chaucer.
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     3. To quarrel in words; to altercate; to wrangle.
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              Good wits will be jangling; but, gentles, agree.
                                                    --Shak.
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              Prussian Trenck . . . jargons and jangles in an
              unmelodious manner.                   --Carlyle.
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