prate-roastn.

Forms: 1600s prate-rost, 1600s prat-rost, 1600s– prate-roast.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: prate v., an element of uncertain origin.

Etymology: < prate v. + a second element of uncertain origin; perhaps compare roast n., but it is hard to see a semantic connection. Compare earlier prater n.¹, prate-apace n.

Now rare. Perhaps Obsolete (colloquial and regional in later use).

A person who talks excessively; a chatterbox, a prater.

ΘΚΠ

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

jay-

1671 J. Glanvill Further Discov. Stubbe Pref. sig. A ij^v I would not have it thought, I make dealing with this Prate-rost any part of my Business.

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Prateroast, a Talking Boy.

1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Prate roast, a talkative boy.

1808 M. Wilmot Jrnl. 6 Mar. in M. Wilmot & C. Wilmot Russ. Jrnls. (1934) iii. 331 The youngest..is the most insupportable prateroast I ever heard.

1881 A. Trumble Slang Dict. N.Y., London & Paris 28/1 Prate roast, a talkative fellow.

a1895 T. Hallam MS Coll. North-West Derbyshire Words in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 608/1 Prate-roast, a talkative child.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	prate-roast
释义	prate-roastn. Forms: 1600s prate-rost, 1600s prat-rost, 1600s– prate-roast. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: prate v., an element of uncertain origin. Etymology: < prate v. + a second element of uncertain origin; perhaps compare roast n., but it is hard to see a semantic connection. Compare earlier prater n.¹, prate-apace n. Now rare. Perhaps Obsolete (colloquial and regional in later use). A person who talks excessively; a chatterbox, a prater. ΘΚΠ 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 jay- 1671 J. Glanvill Further Discov. Stubbe Pref. sig. A ij^v I would not have it thought, I make dealing with this Prate-rost any part of my Business. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Prateroast, a Talking Boy. 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Prate roast, a talkative boy. 1808 M. Wilmot Jrnl. 6 Mar. in M. Wilmot & C. Wilmot Russ. Jrnls. (1934) iii. 331 The youngest..is the most insupportable prateroast I ever heard. 1881 A. Trumble Slang Dict. N.Y., London & Paris 28/1 Prate roast, a talkative fellow. a1895 T. Hallam MS Coll. North-West Derbyshire Words in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 608/1 Prate-roast, a talkative child. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1671
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