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prattlesome

prattlesome adjective: characterised or marked by prattling.

Adjective

prattlesome (comparative more prattlesome, superlative most prattlesome)

  1. Characterised or marked by prattling.
    • Unusually, Sibelius himself turned prattlesome, offering first one explanation and then another for Night Ride and Sunrise.2009, Glenda Dawn Goss, Sibelius

Forms of prattlesome

comparativemore prattlesome
superlativemost prattlesome

Origin of prattlesome

From prattle + -some.

Questions about prattlesome

What does prattlesome mean?
Prattlesome means characterised or marked by prattling.
What part of speech is prattlesome?
Prattlesome is an adjective.

Words near prattlesome in the dictionary

  1. prattlement
  2. prattlements
  3. prattler
  4. prattlers
  5. prattles
  6. prattlesome
  7. prattling
  8. prattlingly
  9. prattlings
  10. pratts
  11. Prattville

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