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prattlement

prattlement noun: prattle; childish chatter.

Noun

prattlement (usually uncountable, plural prattlements)

  1. (usually) prattle; childish chatter
    • 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

Forms of prattlement

pluralprattlements

Origin of prattlement

From prattle + -ment.

Questions about prattlement

What does prattlement mean?
Prattlement means prattle; childish chatter.
What part of speech is prattlement?
Prattlement is a noun.
What is the plural of prattlement?
The plural of prattlement is prattlements.

Words near prattlement in the dictionary

  1. prattish
  2. prattle
  3. prattlebox
  4. prattleboxes
  5. prattled
  6. prattlement
  7. prattlements
  8. prattler
  9. prattlers
  10. prattles
  11. prattlesome

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