prattling
91lalo- — combining form Etymology: New Latin, from Greek lalos talkative, prattling, from lalein to chat, talk more at lalia : speech : the speech organs * * * a combining form meaning speech, speech defect, used in the formation of compound words:… …
92old wife — noun (plural old wives) Etymology: Middle English : a prattling old woman : gossip a mishmash of old wives tales J.N.Leonard …
93prattlingly — adverb : in a prattling manner : with prattle …
94unlanguaged — |ən|laŋgwijd adjective Etymology: un (I) + language + ed : lacking articulateness : not expressed in clear articulate speech the unlanguaged prattling of infants J.R.Lowell …
95yawping — noun ( s) Etymology: from gerund of yawp (I) : a strident or prattling utterance some of his yawpings are directed against his employees Charles Lee moldy characters and philosophical yawpings about life Time …
96re|lis|ten — «ree LIHS uhn», intransitive verb. to listen again or anew: »The brook…seems, as I relisten to it, Prattling the primrose fancies of the boy (Tennyson) …
97prat·tle — /ˈprætl̩/ verb, prattles, prattled, prattling [no obj] : to talk for very long about something that is not important or interesting They prattled on into the night, discussing school, music, and friends. prattle noun [noncount] I was tired of… …
98pretland — obs. Sc. form of prattling ppl. a …
