Dabble

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mid 16th century: from obsolete Dutch dabbelen, or a frequentative of the verb dab1.

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From earlier dable, equivalent to dab +‎ -le( frequentative suffix), possibly from Middle Dutch dabbelen(“to pinch; knead; to fumble; to dabble”); [1] cognate with Icelandic dafla(“to dabble”).

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dabble (v.)

1550s, "to dip a little and often," hence "to wet by splashing," probably a frequentative of dab. Figurative sense of "do superficially" attested by 1620s. Related: Dabbled; dabbling. An Ellen Dablewife is in the Lancashire Inquests from 1336.