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rattlepated

rattlepated adjective: rattlebrained; rattleheaded; foolish.

Adjective

rattlepated (comparative more rattlepated, superlative most rattlepated)

  1. rattlebrained; rattleheaded; foolish

Forms of rattlepated

comparativemore rattlepated
superlativemost rattlepated

Origin of rattlepated

From rattle + pate + -ed.

Questions about rattlepated

What does rattlepated mean?
Rattlepated means rattlebrained; rattleheaded; foolish.
What part of speech is rattlepated?
Rattlepated is an adjective.

Words near rattlepated in the dictionary

  1. rattleheads
  2. rattleless
  3. rattlemice
  4. rattlemouse
  5. rattlepate
  6. rattlepated
  7. rattlepates
  8. rattlepod
  9. rattlepods
  10. rattleproof
  11. rattler

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