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单词 prate-roast
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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.
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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
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1671 J. Glanvill Further Discov. Stubbe Pref. sig. A ijv 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).
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