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nattery

adj

Etymology

From natter + -y.

Definitions

  1. talkative

    talkative; chatty

    • She was a maddening person from whom you would flee if you met her in real life: a nattery, chattery, high-strung, high-flown bundle of pretensions with a lot of Ancient Mariner in her. But on the screen, a delight.
    • Some people can indeed do much of their narrating in a nattery manner, verbalizing whatever pops into their heads in the same basic disorder. Chatterboxes, we call them: motor-mouths.
    • A “nattery party,” was an officers' meeting or conference during which there was far too much talking that usually resulted in little action.

  2. peevish

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA