Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Prattle.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare Prattle.
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- noun
prattle ;childish chatter
Etymologies
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Examples
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He has passed sentence of condemnation upon Lycidas, and has taken occasion, from that charming poem, to expose and ridicule (what is indeed ridiculous enough) the childish prattlement of pastoral compositions, as if Lycidas was the prototype and pattern of them all.
The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. IV (of X)—Great Britain and Ireland II Various 1887
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On Tuesday dined with Rogers, -- Mackintosh, Sheridan, Sharpe, -- much talk, and good, -- all, except my own little prattlement.
The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 George Gordon Byron Byron 1806
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"On Tuesday dined with Rogers, -- Mackintosh, Sheridan, Sharpe, -- much talk, and good, -- all, except my own little prattlement.
Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 3 (of 6) With His Letters and Journals Thomas Moore 1815
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