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▪ I. prattling, vbl. n.|ˈprætlɪŋ|
[f. prattle v. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. prattle.
1530Palsgr. 257/2 Pratlynge, the speche of yonge chyldren, patoys. 1580Babington Exp. Lord's Prayer (1596) 233 Their priuie pratling to the hurt of their neighbours. 1605Willet Hexapla Gen. 367 Aged parents are delighted with the pratling and sport of young children. 1790Burke Fr. Rev. Wks. V. 229 This prattling of theirs hardly deserves the name of sophistry. 1877Tennyson Harold ii. ii. 66 Save for the prattling of thy little ones.
▪ II. ˈprattling, ppl. a.
[f. prattle v. + -ing2.]
That prattles: see the verb.
1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 1 b, He would..put those prattelinge pardoners to silence. 1581N. Burne Disput. in Cath. Tractates (S.T.S.) 170 The daft Abbottis, gukkit Prioris, guseheaddit Personis,..and the pretland Prebendaris. 1632Lithgow Trav. i. 2 Pratling Parrots, and sounding Cymbals. 1703Rowe Fair Penit. v. i. 1799 What Joys thou gav'st me in thy prattling Infancy. 1858E. Capern Ball. & Songs (1859) 84 Beside that prattling brook. 1862Sala Accepted Addr. 91 The prattling servants from the Priory came down town. |