prattlement
English
editEtymology
editNoun
editprattlement (usually uncountable, plural prattlements)
- 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
- April 1805, Francis Jeffrey, "The Lay of the Last Minstrel", in Edinburgh Review
References
edit“prattlement”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.