In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
PRATE
prate, prattle, idle talk, blether, chin music
(noun) idle or foolish and irrelevant talk
chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble
(verb) speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
prate (countable and uncountable, plural prates)
Talk to little purpose; trifling talk; unmeaningful loquacity.
Verb
prate (third-person singular simple present prates, present participle prating, simple past and past participle prated)
(ambitransitive) To talk much and to little purpose; to be loquacious; to speak foolishly.
Synonyms: blabber, Thesaurus:prattle, Thesaurus:chatter
Anagrams
• Peart, Petra, apert, apter, parte, pater, peart, petar, petra, preta, reapt, repat, retap, taper, trape, treap
Source: Wiktionary
Prate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Prated; p. pr. & vb. n. Prating.] Etym: [Akin to LG. & D. praten, Dan. prate, Sw. & Icel. prata.]
Definition: To talk much and to little purpose; to be loquacious; to speak foolishly; to babble. To prate and talk for life and honor. Shak. And make a fool presume to prate of love. Dryden.
Prate, v. t.
Definition: To utter foolishly; to speak without reason or purpose; to chatter, or babble. What nonsense would the fool, thy master, prate, When thou, his knave, canst talk at such a rate ! Dryden.
Prate, n. Etym: [Akin to LG. & D. praat, Sw. prat.]
Definition: Talk to little purpose; trifling talk; unmeaning loquacity. Sick of tops, and poetry, and prate. Pope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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