prattlement

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English

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Etymology

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From prattle +‎ -ment.

Noun

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prattlement (usually uncountable, plural prattlements)

  1. 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

References

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prattlement”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.