ˈprate-apace
[f. prate v. + apace.]
One who prates on; a prater, chatterbox.
| 1636 Heywood Loves Mistr. ii. i. Wks. 1874 V. 113 Prince of passions, prate-apaces, and pickled lovers. 1721 Amherst Terræ Fil. No. 46 (1754) 244 Mr. Prate-apace,..nothing is more scandalous..than your charging our university with the want of civility and good manners. 1879 Browning Ned Bratts 126 Well, pad on, my prate-apace! |