prate
verb (used without object)
to talk excessively and pointlessly; babble.
prater
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a word derived from
prate.
Example Sentences
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This young woman might talk politics, thought her new friend; no male man would call her prater, while she bore herself with that air.
From The Testing of Diana Mallory by Mrs. Humphry Ward
And, after that, the worthy prater Aspires to be a legislator; Dreams of St. Stephen's, where he sees Himself hobnobbing with M.P.'s.
From Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland by Daniel Turner Holmes
But what? should a doctor be a dictator? or a proctor a prater?
From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by George Gillespie
If no smile welcomed their remarks, at least her silence was not scornful, and the most shallow-headed prater that fluttered around her felt that he was received with dignity and not with disdain.
From Vivian Grey by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
You would be of little account if you weren't a prater.
From Dona Perfecta by Mary J. (Mary Jane) Serrano
