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prateful

prateful adjective: talkative.

Adjective

prateful (comparative more prateful, superlative most prateful)

  1. (archaic) talkative
    • A train promiscuous gathers o'er the lee,
      Prateful and noisy , full of jollity1763, William Perfect, A Bavin of Bays

Forms of prateful

comparativemore prateful
superlativemost prateful

Origin of prateful

From prate + -ful.

Questions about prateful

What does prateful mean?
Prateful means talkative.
What part of speech is prateful?
Prateful is an adjective.

Words near prateful in the dictionary

  1. prate
  2. prate-roast
  3. prated
  4. Prateek
  5. Prateeksha
  6. prateful
  7. prater
  8. praters
  9. prates
  10. prateth
  11. pratey

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