ˈrattle-pate
= rattle-head 1.
| 1643 Prynne Gag Long-haired Rattle-Heads L ij, All Rattle-pates who 'gainst Round-heads declaime. a 1700 B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Rattle-pate, a Hot, Maggot-pated Fellow. 1829 in Brockett. 1857 Kingsley Two Y. Ago xi, Rattle-pate as I am, I forgot all about it. |
So ˈrattle-pated = rattle-headed.
| 1633 Prynne Histrio-m. 993 The dissolutenesse of our lascivious, impudent, rattle-pated gadding females. 1779 Sylph I. 234 Your rattle-pated husband. 1814 Scott Wav. lxiii, The rattle-pated trick of a young Cantab. 1865 Collins Armadale ii. xi, He is a rattle-pated young fool. |