Prattle

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ætÉ™l

Origin

prate + -le("early modern English frequentative suffix")

Full definition of prattle

Verb

1. (ambitransitive) To speak incessantly and in a childish manner; to babble.

Derived terms

• prattler
• prattlingly

Noun

1. Silly, childish, talk; babble.
• c. 1603, William Shakespeare, Othello, the Moor of Venice, Act I, scene I, line 27Mere prattle without practice is all his soldiership.

Synonyms

Anagrams

• partlet
• platter