单词 | rattle-pated |
释义 | rattle-patedadj. = rattle-brained adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > giddiness, empty-headedness > [adjective] > and noisy rattle-brained1628 rattle-pated1633 rattle-headed1647 rattle-noddled1661 shandy1691 rattle-skulled1780 baaing1818 1633 W. Prynne Histrio-mastix 993 The dissolutenesse of our lascivious, impudent, rattle-pated gadding females. 1726 C. Ellison Most Pleasant Descr. Benwel Village 328 Rattle-pated C——y [= a resident of Benwel]. 1779 Duchess of Devonshire Sylph I. 234 Your rattle-pated husband. 1814 W. Scott Waverley III. xv. 211 The rattle-pated trick of a young cantab. View more context for this quotation 1865 W. Collins Armadale ii. xi He is a rattle-pated young fool. 1928 Daily Courier (Connellsville, Pa.) 2 Feb. 9/1 That troublesome rattlepated little Miss Burton. 1991 Times (Nexis) 28 Oct. As for who, in the DoT, is responsible for this rattle-pated pogrom, my money is on Chope, he of the back seat compulsory belts. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1633 |
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