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prattery

prattery noun: foolishness or foolish behaviour.

Noun

prattery (uncountable)

  1. Foolishness or foolish behaviour.
    • 2004. March 13, “Ian G Batten” (username), “Re: haddock”, in uk.misc, Usenet,
      If an obviously egomanic twit makes wonderful music, should his prattery disqualify him?
    • 2004. July 20, Alastair Down, The Racing Post (London, England), article The Open and Shut Case of the Missing Hub-Caps.
      ...Paying sportsmen obscene sums of money does not necessarily mean they behave badly. Unlike football, there seems to be no correlation between fat cattery and prattery.

Origin of prattery

From prat + -ery.

Questions about prattery

What does prattery mean?
Prattery means foolishness or foolish behaviour.
What part of speech is prattery?
Prattery is a noun.

Words near prattery in the dictionary

  1. Pratt's symptom
  2. Pratte
  3. pratted about
  4. pratted around
  5. Pratteln
  6. prattery
  7. Prattes
  8. prattfall
  9. prattfalls
  10. Prattian
  11. prattie

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