rattlepate

[ rat-l-peyt ]

noun

1. a rattlebrain.

Other Words From

• rattle·pated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of rattlepate¹

First recorded in 1635–45; rattle ¹ + pate

Example Sentences

Mrs. Crabtree's girl had married the third son of Sir Reginald Rattlepate.

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But whod ever have expected that rattlepate to think out everything as he has done?

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Lewis regarded him as a conceited rattlepate, whose sole talent lay in the art of making money—whose glory was his purse.

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She was unquestionably what she had confessed herself to be—a rattlepate.

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