prattlesome

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adjective

Characterised or marked by prattling.

OriginProto-Germanic *samaz ← Proto-Indo-European *somHós ← English prattle →
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Meanings

adjectiveprattlesome (comparative more prattlesome, superlative most prattlesome)

comparative more prattlesome · superlative most prattlesome

  1. Characterised or marked by prattling.

    Unusually, Sibelius himself turned prattlesome, offering first one explanation and then another for Night Ride and Sunrise.

    2009, Glenda Dawn Goss, Sibelius

Origin

  1. Englishprattle
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*somHós
  4. Proto-Germanic*samaz
  5. Englishprattlesome

From prattle + -some.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

plastometer
Cite this entry
APA

prattlesome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prattlesome

MLA

“prattlesome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prattlesome. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prattlesome,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prattlesome.

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