prittle-prattlen.adj.

Brit.

/ˈprɪtlˌpratl/, U.S.

/ˈprɪd(ə)lˌpræd(ə)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymon: prattle n.

Etymology: Reduplication (with vowel variation) of prattle n. Compare slightly earlier prittle-prattle v.

A. n.

1. Trivial, idle, or childish talk; gossip or chatter; familiar conversation, small talk.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] > chatter

chirma800

clappingc1386

glavera1400

clapa1420

clackc1440

blabc1460

clattera1500

babble?a1525

babblery1532

pratery1533

clitter-clatter1535

by-talk?1551

prattle1555

prittle-prattle1556

twittle-twattle1565

cacquet1567

prate?1574

prattlement1579

babblement1595

gibble-gabble1600

gabble1602

twattlea1639

tolutiloquence1656

pratement1657

gaggle1668

leden1674

cackle1676

twit-twat1677

clash1685

chit-chat1710

chatter-chitter1711

chitter-chatter1712

palavering1732

hubble-bubble1735

palaver1748

rattle1748

gum1751

mag1778

gabber1780

gammon1781

gash1787

chattery1789

gabber1792

whitter-whatter1805

yabble1808

clacket1812

talky-talky1812

potter1818

yatter1827

blue streak1830

gabblement1831

psilologya1834

chin-music1834

patter1841

jaw1842

chatter1851

brabble1861

tongue-work1866

yacker1882

talkee1885

chelp1891

chattermag1895

whitter1897

burble1898

yap1907

clatfart1913

jive1928

logorrhœa1935

waffle1937

yackety-yacking1953

yack1958

yackety-yack1958

motormouth1976

1556 J. Olde tr. R. Gwalther Antichrist f. 30 To make much prittle prattle of Salomons temple.

1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 705 Euery mans mouth was full of prittle prattle and seditious wordes.

1637 Deloney's Gentle Craft (new ed.) i. xiv. 58 Well wife (said her husband) thou dost hold me here with prittle prattle, while the time passeth on.

1697 J. Vanbrugh Provok'd Wife iii. 26 Our prittle prattle will Cure your Spleen.

1723 B. Mandeville Fable Bees (ed. 2) i. 287 We took delight in the..Prittle-Prattle of the innocent Babe.

1755 Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 419/1 Nor bear a part in prittle-prattle Of rumour-loving tittle-tattle.

1775 H. B. Dudley Rival Candidates ii. vii. 36 May Love's tender prittle-prattle Keep the day for ever bright.

1838 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) III. vi. 85 French, being the very language of chit-chat and prittle-prattle, is one reason why I like so much the ‘mémoires’ and letters of that gossiping nation.

1854 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Feb. 222/1 Such candor, prittle-prattle, and unreserve seem to have been intended for private reading, and not for the eye of the great republic of readers.

1935 E. R. Eddison Mistress xx. 404 Said..‘I should slit thy tongue for chattering so wide,’ and..wrought to scotch this prittle-prattle.

1988 Marketing (Nexis) 9 June Prittle Prattle from middle class intellectuals.

†2. A person who talks excessively or to little purpose; a gossip. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat > one who chats or gossips

kikelot?c1225

mathelild?c1225

cacklec1230

tutelerc1385

tittererc1400

roukera1425

trattlerc1485

flimmerc1530

tattler1549

chatter1561

gossip1566

gossiper1568

tittle-tattle1571

chatmate1599

fiddle-faddle1602

tittle-tattler1602

confabulator1659

twittle-twat1662

shat1709

prittle-prattle1725

tattle-basket1736

small-talker1762

nash-gab1816

granny1861

windjammer1880

schmoozer1899

scuttlebutt gossip1901

wag-tongue1902

coffee-houser1907

kibitzer1925

clatfarta1930

natterer1959

yacker1959

rapper1967

village gossip1972

1602 F. Herring tr. J. Oberndorf Anatomyes True Physition 12 Being in high Credit..with my Gossip Prittle Prattle.]

1725 N. Bailey tr. Erasmus All Familiar Colloquies 35 Don't be a prittle prattle, nor prate apace.

†B. adj.

Chattering, talkative; gossipy; characterized by prittle-prattle. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [adjective]

wordyeOE

talewisec1200

i-worded?c1225

babblinga1250

cacklinga1250

chatteringa1250

speakfula1250

word-wooda1250

of many wordsc1350

janglingc1374

tatteringc1380

tongueya1382

ganglinga1398

readya1400

jargaunt1412

talkative1432

open-moutheda1470

clattering1477

trattling?a1513

windy1513

popping1528

smatteringa1529

rattle?1529

communicablea1533

blab1552

gaggling1553

long-tongued?1553

prittle-prattle1556

pattering1558

talking1560

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gabbling1566

verbal1572

piet1573

twattling1573

flibber gibber1575

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discoursive1599

rattling1600

glib1602

flippant1605

talkful1605

nimble-tongued1608

tongue-ripe1610

fliperous1611

garrulous?1611

futile1612

overspeaking1612

feather-tongueda1618

tongue-free1617

long-breatheda1628

well-breathed1635

multiloquious1640

untongue-tied1640

unretentive1650

communicative1651

linguacious1651

glibbed1654

largiloquent1656

multiloquent1656

parlagea1657

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nimble-chop1662

twit-twat1665

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gash1681

narrative1681

chappy1693

apposite1701

conversative1703

gabbit1710

lubricous1715

gabby?1719

ventose1721

taleful1726

chatty?1741

blethering1759

renable1781

fetch-fire1784

conversational1799

conversant1803

gashing1808

long-lunged1815

talky1815

multi-loquacious1819

prolegomenous1822

talky-talky1831

nimble-mouthed1836

slipper1842

speechful1842

gassy1843

in great force1849

yattering1859

babbly1860

irreticent1864

chattable1867

lubrical1867

chattery1869

loose-mouthed1872

chinny1883

tongue-wagging1885

yappy1909

big-mouthed1914

loose-lipped1919

ear-bashing1945

ear-bending1946

yackety-yacking1953

nattering1959

yacking1959

woofy1960

1556 J. Olde tr. R. Gwalther Antichrist f. 9^v I could easily contemne their prittle prattle talking.

1718 E. Settle Lady's Triumph iii. 29 To keep a young Gentleman six long tedious Weeks, a doing just nothing, only a little Tittle Tattle, Prittle Prattle Courtship.

1768 F. Burney Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1988) I. 14 Such a set of tittle tattle, prittle prattle visitants! Oh Dear!

1774 Westm. Mag. 2 453 He is sure to be a prittle-prattle fellow.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

prittle-prattlev.

Brit.

/ˌprɪtlˈpratl/, U.S.

/ˈprɪd(ə)lˌpræd(ə)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymon: prattle v.

Etymology: Reduplication (with vowel variation) of prattle v. Compare slightly later prittle-prattle n. and later prittle v.

Now rare.

intransitive. To chatter, gossip, or talk idly.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > utter in a chattering manner [verb (transitive)]

cacklec1230

chattera1250

clapc1315

jangle1377

blabberc1380

trattlea1425

pratea1475

chat1483

prattlea1500

prittle-prattlea1555

gabble1566

blatter?1567

gaggle1577

clacket1579

knap1581

prittle1583

clack1590

volley1591

tattle1593

prabble1603

out-babble1649

garrulate1656

gabber?1661

chime1697

spiel1904

chitter-chatter1928

the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > be talkative [verb (intransitive)] > talk excessively or chatter

chavel?c1225

babblea1250

chattera1250

clacka1250

janglea1300

ganglec1300

clapc1315

mumblec1350

blabberc1375

carp1377

tatterc1380

garre1382

rattlec1400

clatter1401

chimec1405

gabc1405

pattera1450

smattera1450

languetc1450

pratec1460

chat1483

jabber1499

clittera1529

cackle1530

prattle1532

blatter1533

blab1535

to run on pattens1546

tattle1547

prittle-prattlea1555

trattlea1555

tittle-tattle1556

quiddlea1566

brabble1570

clicket1570

twattle1573

gabble1574

prittle1583

to like to hear oneself speak, talk1597

to word it1612

deblaterate1623

tongue1624

twitter1630

snatter1647

oversay1656

whiffle1706

to gallop away1711

splutter1728

gob1770

gibble-gabble1775

palaver1781

to talk (etc.) nineteen to the dozen1785

gammon1789

witter1808

yabble1808

yaff1808

mag1810

chelp1820

tongue-pad1825

yatter1825

potter1826

chipper1829

jaw-jaw1831

buzz1832

to shoot off one's mouth1864

yawp1872

blate1878

chin1884

yap1888

spiel1894

to talk (also lie, swear, etc.) a blue streak1895

to run off at the mouth1908

chattermag1909

clatfart1913

to talk a streak1915

to run one's mouth1916

natter1942

ear-bash1944

rabbit1950

yack1950

yacker1961

to eat parrot head (also bottom)1965

yacket1969

to twat on1996

a1555 H. Latimer Serm. in Frutefull Serm. (1572) f. 193 As our Papistes do, whiche prittle prattle a whole day vppon their Beades saying our Ladyes Psalter.

1611 J. Davies in T. Coryate Crudities sig. i3 For, he as t'were his mother's Twittle-twattle (That's Mother-tongue) the Greeke can prittle-prattle.

1710 Play-house Scuffle 15 But she must prittle prattle Nonsense About Religion and Good Conscience.

1742 H. Fielding Miss Lucy in Town 7 At Plays I will rattle, Tittle-tattle,..Prittle-prattle,..As gay and as loud as the best.

2001 Boston Globe (Nexis) 22 July 1 Children frolicked in the water, mothers prittle-prattled, fathers came down for a swim after a hard day's work.

Derivatives

† prittle-prattling adj. Obsolete

ΚΠ

1602 F. Herring tr. J. Oberndorf Anatomyes True Physition 4 Iuglers, Pedlers, prittle-pratling Barbers.

1796 G. D. Harley Poems 226 The prittle-prattling, fascinating hour, With thousand nameless incidents replete.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prittle-prattle
释义	prittle-prattlen.adj. Brit. /ˈprɪtlˌpratl/, U.S. /ˈprɪd(ə)lˌpræd(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymon: prattle n. Etymology: Reduplication (with vowel variation) of prattle n. Compare slightly earlier prittle-prattle v. A. n. 1. Trivial, idle, or childish talk; gossip or chatter; familiar conversation, small talk. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] > chatter chirma800 clappingc1386 glavera1400 clapa1420 clackc1440 blabc1460 clattera1500 babble?a1525 babblery1532 pratery1533 clitter-clatter1535 by-talk?1551 prattle1555 prittle-prattle1556 twittle-twattle1565 cacquet1567 prate?1574 prattlement1579 babblement1595 gibble-gabble1600 gabble1602 twattlea1639 tolutiloquence1656 pratement1657 gaggle1668 leden1674 cackle1676 twit-twat1677 clash1685 chit-chat1710 chatter-chitter1711 chitter-chatter1712 palavering1732 hubble-bubble1735 palaver1748 rattle1748 gum1751 mag1778 gabber1780 gammon1781 gash1787 chattery1789 gabber1792 whitter-whatter1805 yabble1808 clacket1812 talky-talky1812 potter1818 yatter1827 blue streak1830 gabblement1831 psilologya1834 chin-music1834 patter1841 jaw1842 chatter1851 brabble1861 tongue-work1866 yacker1882 talkee1885 chelp1891 chattermag1895 whitter1897 burble1898 yap1907 clatfart1913 jive1928 logorrhœa1935 waffle1937 yackety-yacking1953 yack1958 yackety-yack1958 motormouth1976 1556 J. Olde tr. R. Gwalther Antichrist f. 30 To make much prittle prattle of Salomons temple. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 705 Euery mans mouth was full of prittle prattle and seditious wordes. 1637 Deloney's Gentle Craft (new ed.) i. xiv. 58 Well wife (said her husband) thou dost hold me here with prittle prattle, while the time passeth on. 1697 J. Vanbrugh Provok'd Wife iii. 26 Our prittle prattle will Cure your Spleen. 1723 B. Mandeville Fable Bees (ed. 2) i. 287 We took delight in the..Prittle-Prattle of the innocent Babe. 1755 Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 419/1 Nor bear a part in prittle-prattle Of rumour-loving tittle-tattle. 1775 H. B. Dudley Rival Candidates ii. vii. 36 May Love's tender prittle-prattle Keep the day for ever bright. 1838 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) III. vi. 85 French, being the very language of chit-chat and prittle-prattle, is one reason why I like so much the ‘mémoires’ and letters of that gossiping nation. 1854 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Feb. 222/1 Such candor, prittle-prattle, and unreserve seem to have been intended for private reading, and not for the eye of the great republic of readers. 1935 E. R. Eddison Mistress xx. 404 Said..‘I should slit thy tongue for chattering so wide,’ and..wrought to scotch this prittle-prattle. 1988 Marketing (Nexis) 9 June Prittle Prattle from middle class intellectuals. †2. A person who talks excessively or to little purpose; a gossip. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat > one who chats or gossips kikelot?c1225 mathelild?c1225 cacklec1230 tutelerc1385 tittererc1400 roukera1425 trattlerc1485 flimmerc1530 tattler1549 chatter1561 gossip1566 gossiper1568 tittle-tattle1571 chatmate1599 fiddle-faddle1602 tittle-tattler1602 confabulator1659 twittle-twat1662 shat1709 prittle-prattle1725 tattle-basket1736 small-talker1762 nash-gab1816 granny1861 windjammer1880 schmoozer1899 scuttlebutt gossip1901 wag-tongue1902 coffee-houser1907 kibitzer1925 clatfarta1930 natterer1959 yacker1959 rapper1967 village gossip1972 1602 F. Herring tr. J. Oberndorf Anatomyes True Physition 12 Being in high Credit..with my Gossip Prittle Prattle.] 1725 N. Bailey tr. Erasmus All Familiar Colloquies 35 Don't be a prittle prattle, nor prate apace. †B. adj. Chattering, talkative; gossipy; characterized by prittle-prattle. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [adjective] wordyeOE talewisec1200 i-worded?c1225 babblinga1250 cacklinga1250 chatteringa1250 speakfula1250 word-wooda1250 of many wordsc1350 janglingc1374 tatteringc1380 tongueya1382 ganglinga1398 readya1400 jargaunt1412 talkative1432 open-moutheda1470 clattering1477 trattling?a1513 windy1513 popping1528 smatteringa1529 rattle?1529 communicablea1533 blab1552 gaggling1553 long-tongued?1553 prittle-prattle1556 pattering1558 talking1560 bobling1566 gabbling1566 verbal1572 piet1573 twattling1573 flibber gibber1575 babblative1576 tickle-tongued1577 tattling1581 buzzing1587 long-winded1589 multiloquous1591 discoursive1599 rattling1600 glib1602 flippant1605 talkful1605 nimble-tongued1608 tongue-ripe1610 fliperous1611 garrulous?1611 futile1612 overspeaking1612 feather-tongueda1618 tongue-free1617 long-breatheda1628 well-breathed1635 multiloquious1640 untongue-tied1640 unretentive1650 communicative1651 linguacious1651 glibbed1654 largiloquent1656 multiloquent1656 parlagea1657 loose-clacked1661 nimble-chop1662 twit-twat1665 over-talkativea1667 loquacious1667 loudmouth1668 conversable1673 gash1681 narrative1681 chappy1693 apposite1701 conversative1703 gabbit1710 lubricous1715 gabby?1719 ventose1721 taleful1726 chatty?1741 blethering1759 renable1781 fetch-fire1784 conversational1799 conversant1803 gashing1808 long-lunged1815 talky1815 multi-loquacious1819 prolegomenous1822 talky-talky1831 nimble-mouthed1836 slipper1842 speechful1842 gassy1843 in great force1849 yattering1859 babbly1860 irreticent1864 chattable1867 lubrical1867 chattery1869 loose-mouthed1872 chinny1883 tongue-wagging1885 yappy1909 big-mouthed1914 loose-lipped1919 ear-bashing1945 ear-bending1946 yackety-yacking1953 nattering1959 yacking1959 woofy1960 1556 J. Olde tr. R. Gwalther Antichrist f. 9^v I could easily contemne their prittle prattle talking. 1718 E. Settle Lady's Triumph iii. 29 To keep a young Gentleman six long tedious Weeks, a doing just nothing, only a little Tittle Tattle, Prittle Prattle Courtship. 1768 F. Burney Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1988) I. 14 Such a set of tittle tattle, prittle prattle visitants! Oh Dear! 1774 Westm. Mag. 2 453 He is sure to be a prittle-prattle fellow. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). prittle-prattlev. Brit. /ˌprɪtlˈpratl/, U.S. /ˈprɪd(ə)lˌpræd(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymon: prattle v. Etymology: Reduplication (with vowel variation) of prattle v. Compare slightly later prittle-prattle n. and later prittle v. Now rare. intransitive. To chatter, gossip, or talk idly. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > utter in a chattering manner [verb (transitive)] cacklec1230 chattera1250 clapc1315 jangle1377 blabberc1380 trattlea1425 pratea1475 chat1483 prattlea1500 prittle-prattlea1555 gabble1566 blatter?1567 gaggle1577 clacket1579 knap1581 prittle1583 clack1590 volley1591 tattle1593 prabble1603 out-babble1649 garrulate1656 gabber?1661 chime1697 spiel1904 chitter-chatter1928 the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > be talkative [verb (intransitive)] > talk excessively or chatter chavel?c1225 babblea1250 chattera1250 clacka1250 janglea1300 ganglec1300 clapc1315 mumblec1350 blabberc1375 carp1377 tatterc1380 garre1382 rattlec1400 clatter1401 chimec1405 gabc1405 pattera1450 smattera1450 languetc1450 pratec1460 chat1483 jabber1499 clittera1529 cackle1530 prattle1532 blatter1533 blab1535 to run on pattens1546 tattle1547 prittle-prattlea1555 trattlea1555 tittle-tattle1556 quiddlea1566 brabble1570 clicket1570 twattle1573 gabble1574 prittle1583 to like to hear oneself speak, talk1597 to word it1612 deblaterate1623 tongue1624 twitter1630 snatter1647 oversay1656 whiffle1706 to gallop away1711 splutter1728 gob1770 gibble-gabble1775 palaver1781 to talk (etc.) nineteen to the dozen1785 gammon1789 witter1808 yabble1808 yaff1808 mag1810 chelp1820 tongue-pad1825 yatter1825 potter1826 chipper1829 jaw-jaw1831 buzz1832 to shoot off one's mouth1864 yawp1872 blate1878 chin1884 yap1888 spiel1894 to talk (also lie, swear, etc.) a blue streak1895 to run off at the mouth1908 chattermag1909 clatfart1913 to talk a streak1915 to run one's mouth1916 natter1942 ear-bash1944 rabbit1950 yack1950 yacker1961 to eat parrot head (also bottom)1965 yacket1969 to twat on1996 a1555 H. Latimer Serm. in Frutefull Serm. (1572) f. 193 As our Papistes do, whiche prittle prattle a whole day vppon their Beades saying our Ladyes Psalter. 1611 J. Davies in T. Coryate Crudities sig. i3 For, he as t'were his mother's Twittle-twattle (That's Mother-tongue) the Greeke can prittle-prattle. 1710 Play-house Scuffle 15 But she must prittle prattle Nonsense About Religion and Good Conscience. 1742 H. Fielding Miss Lucy in Town 7 At Plays I will rattle, Tittle-tattle,..Prittle-prattle,..As gay and as loud as the best. 2001 Boston Globe (Nexis) 22 July 1 Children frolicked in the water, mothers prittle-prattled, fathers came down for a swim after a hard day's work. Derivatives † prittle-prattling adj. Obsolete ΚΠ 1602 F. Herring tr. J. Oberndorf Anatomyes True Physition 4 Iuglers, Pedlers, prittle-pratling Barbers. 1796 G. D. Harley Poems 226 The prittle-prattling, fascinating hour, With thousand nameless incidents replete. 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