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English
Etymology
From prattle + -ment.
Noun
prattlement (usually uncountable, plural prattlements)
- prattle; childish chatter
- April 1805, Francis Jeffrey, "The Lay of the Last Minstrel", in Edinburgh Review
- she had never listened to the prattlement of the river and mountain spirits
References
“prattlement”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.