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单词 prate-apace
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prate-apacen.

Brit. /ˌpreɪtəˈpeɪs/, U.S. /ˌpreɪdəˈpeɪs/
Forms: 1600s– prate-apace, 1800s– preyat-apeyas (English regional (Isle of Wight)).
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: prate v., apace adv.
Etymology: < prate v. + apace adv. Compare earlier prater n.1
In later use English regional.
A person who talks excessively; (a name given to) one who prates on; a prater, a chatterbox.
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the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] > talkative person
chaterestrea1250
jangler1303
babbler1366
blabbererc1375
jangleressc1386
talkerc1386
clatterer1388
cacklera1400
languager1436
carperc1440
mamblerc1450
praterc1500
jackdaw?1520
chewet1546
flibbertigibbet1549
clatterfart1552
patterer1552
piec1557
long tongue?1562
prattler1567
piet1574
twattler1577
brawler1581
nimble-chops1581
pratepie1582
roita1585
whittera1585
full-mouth1589
interprater1591
chatterer1592
pianet1594
bablatrice1595
parakeet1598
Bow-bell cockney1600
prattle-basket1602
bagpipe1603
worder1606
babliaminy1608
chougha1616
gabbler1624
blatterer1627
magpie1632
prate-apace1636
rattlea1637
clack1640
blateroon1647
overtalker1654
prate-roast1671
prattle-box1671
babelard1678
twattle-basket1688
mouth1699
tongue-pad1699
chatterista1704
rattler1709
morologist1727
chatterbox1774
palaverer1788
gabber1792
whitter-whatter1805
slangwhanger1807
nash-gab1816
pump1823
windbag1827
big mouth1834
gasbag1841
chattermag1844
tattle-monger1848
rattletrap1850
gasser1855
mouth almighty1864
clucker1869
talky-talky1869
gabster1870
loudmouth1870
tonguester1871
palaverista1873
mag1876
jawsmith1887
spieler1894
twitterer1895
yabbler1901
wordster1904
poofter1916
blatherer1920
ear-bender1922
burbler1923
woofer1934
ear-basher1944
motormouth1955
yacker1960
yammerer1978
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1636 T. Heywood Loves Maistresse 113 Prince of passions, prate-apaces, and pickled lovers.
1696 P. A. Motteux Love's a Jest ii Thank you, Squire Prate-apace.
1721 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius No. 46 (1754) 244 Mr. Prate-apace,..nothing is more scandalous..than your charging our university with the want of civility and good manners.
1779 F. Burney Witlings (1995) iii. 90 I would have you hold your Tongue, Mr. prate-apace! always wrangling & wrangling.
1804 S. J. Arnold Foul Deeds will Rise ii. ii Mr. Mortimer! do you come here young prate-apace, to insult me?
1875 A. Taylor Birds, Beasts, & Fishes in A. Taylor & J. Taylor Orig. Poems 115 The parrot is a prate-apace, Yet knows not what he says.
1879 R. Browning Ned Bratts in Idyls I. 126 Well, pad on, my prate-apace!
1896 G. F. Northall Warwickshire Word-bk. 181 What a prate-apace that wench is, to be sure.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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