Prattery
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Prattery is a noun meaning Foolishness or foolish behaviour.
Meaning
Foolishness or foolish behaviour.
Example Sentences
The Prattery are just come to town.
2004. March 13, “Ian G Batten” (username), “Re: haddock”, in uk.misc, Usenet, If an obviously egomanic twit makes wonderful music, should his prattery disqualify him?
2008. Jan 26, Simon Barnes, Tehran Times, article Keep Class Out of it. In sport you are either good enough, or you’re not, Marcus Willis... had been driving the coaches at the Lawn Tennis Association to distraction, and with this latest bit of prattery finally pushed his luck too far.
2004. July 20, Alastair Down, The Racing Post (London, England), article The Open and Shut Case of the Missing Hub-Caps. ...Paying sportsmen obscene sums of money does not necessarily mean they behave badly. Unlike football, there seems to be no correlation between fat cattery and prattery.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include prating, prattling, goofery, prattle, piffle, pranking.
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