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prattlement rare.|ˈpræt(ə)lmənt| [f. prattle v. + -ment.] Idle talk, prattle, prattling: in quot. 1579, a play on parliament.
1579Fulke Heskins' Parl. 33 He will goe immediately to his purposed matter, to bee debated in this highe Court of prattlement. 1604Hieron Wks. I. 574 It were a word sufficient To ouerthrow this prattlement. 1779Cowper Let to Unwin 31 Oct., The childish prattlement of pastoral compositions. 1901J. Davidson Test. Vivisector 9 The prattlement of amorists. |