prate
Meaning
-
Talk to little purpose; trifling talk; unmeaningful loquacity.
Synonyms
talk nonsense
idle talk
talk much
tittle tattle
talk incoherently
talk too much
talk idly
babblement
rattle away
chin wagging
bla-bla
prittle prattle
talk small talk
talk through one’s hat
blah-blah
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pɹeɪt/
Etymology
From Middle English praten; related to Dutch praten (“to talk, chat”), Low German praten, Danish prate, Swedish prata (“to talk, prate”), Faroese práta (“to talk, gossip”), Icelandic prata; all ultimately from Proto-Germanic *prattuz (“idle or boastful talk, deceit”), from Proto-Indo-European *brodno- (“to wander, rove”). Cognate with Polish bredzić (“to rave, jabber”), Latvian bradāt (“to talk nonsense”).
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