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prattlement

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

prattle; childish chatter

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Examples

  • April 1805, Francis Jeffrey, "The Lay of the Last Minstrel", in Edinburgh Review she had never listened to the prattlement of the river and mountain spirits

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From prattle + -ment.