rattlepate en · NOUN
Etymology
From rattle + pate.
Meanings
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(archaic) A chatterbox; someone who talks a lot.
he is so quiet and reserved , and has that unlucky ironical way with him that people don't like; especially rattlepates like those
1875, Charlotte Mary Yonge, The Clever Woman of the Family:"The place seems suggestive of fancies to you?" we observed in reply to the rattlepate.
1848, Charles Fenno Hoffman, "The Man in the Reservoir", Greatest Short Stories, Volume 1, P. F. Collier & Son (1915), page 124
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| rattlepates | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| rattle-pate | alternative | lexicographic |