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PRITTLE-PRATTLE

Definition: PRITTLE-PRATTLE

PRITTLE-PRATTLE

Noun

1. Empty talk; trifling loquacity; prattle; -- used in contempt or ridicule.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Note: Prittle-prattle \Prit"tle-prat`tle\, noun. [See Prattle.]. (Websters 1913)


Synonyms within Context: PRITTLE-PRATTLE

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Conversation

Causerie, chat, chitchat; small talk, table talk, teatable talk, town talk, village talk, idle talk; tattle, gossip, tittle-tattle; babble, babblement; tripotage, cackle, prittle-prattle, cancan, on dit; talk of the town, talk of the village.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Rhyming with "PRITTLE-PRATTLE"

Words rhyming with "PRITTLE-PRATTLE" (pronounced 'Prit"tle-prat`tle'): Ant-cattle, Bluebottle, Flea-beetle, Flower-gentle, forecastle, Lick-spittle, Pittle-pattle, Self-mettle, teakettle, Twittle-twattle. (additional references)

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Anagrams: PRITTLE-PRATTLE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-e-i-l-l-p-p-r-r-t-t-t-t"

-5 letters: paillette.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: PRITTLE-PRATTLE


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 52 49 54 54 4C 45 2D 50 52 41 54 54 4C 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01010010 01001001 01010100 01010100 01001100 01000101 00101101 01010000 01010010 01000001 01010100 01010100 01001100 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#82 &#73 &#84 &#84 &#76 &#69 &#45 &#80 &#82 &#65 &#84 &#84 &#76 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0052 0049 0054 0054 004C 0045 002D 0050 0052 0041 0054 0054 004C 0045

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

505243545446391550523554544639

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Rhymes
3. Anagrams
4. Orthography
5. Bibliography


  

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