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rattlepate

noun

Etymology

From rattle + pate.

  1. derived from patina — “pan, dish”
  2. derived from patena
  3. derived from patene
  4. inherited from pate
  5. compounded as rattlepate — “rattle + pate”

Definitions

  1. A chatterbox

    A chatterbox; someone who talks a lot.

    • "The place seems suggestive of fancies to you?" we observed in reply to the rattlepate.
    • he is so quiet and reserved , and has that unlucky ironical way with him that people don't like; especially rattlepates like those

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