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foolishly
English
Etymology
foolish +? -ly
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fu?l??li/
Adverb
foolishly (comparative more foolishly, superlative most foolishly)
- In a foolish manner.
- He dressed foolishly to entertain the children.
- Without good judgment.
- Foolishly, he had decided that, because a home was the best investment, two homes were even better.
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prate
English
Etymology
From Middle English praten; related to Dutch praten (“to talk, chat”), Low German praten, Danish prate, Swedish prata (“to talk, prate”), Faroese práta (“to talk, gossip”), Icelandic prata; all ultimately from Proto-Germanic *prattuz (“idle or boastful talk, deceit”), from Proto-Indo-European *brodno- (“to wander, rove”). Cognate with Polish bredzi? (“to rave, jabber”), Latvian brad?t (“to talk nonsense”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?e?t/
- Rhymes: -e?t
Noun
prate (countable and uncountable, plural prates)
- Talk to little purpose; trifling talk; unmeaningful loquacity.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
prate (third-person singular simple present prates, present participle prating, simple past and past participle prated)
- (transitive, intransitive) To talk much and to little purpose; to be loquacious; to speak foolishly.
- Synonyms: blabber; see also Thesaurus:prattle, Thesaurus:chatter
- What nonsense would the fool, thy master, prate, / When thou, his knave, canst talk at such a rate!
Translations
References
- prate, in Compact Oxford English Dictionary.
- prate, in The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language.
Anagrams
- Peart, Petra, apert, apter, parte, pater, peart, petar, petra, preta, reapt, repat, retap, taper, trape, treap
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
prate
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of praten
Anagrams
- pater
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pr??t?/
Verb
prate (imperative prat, present tense prater, passive prates, simple past and past participle prata or pratet, present participle pratende)
- to chat (om / about)
Derived terms
- pratsom
References
- “prate” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
West Frisian
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pra?t?/
Verb
prate
- to talk
Inflection
Further reading
- “prate”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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