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