prater

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a person who talks at length in a foolish, trivial, or irritating way

   The tedious prater offered opinions on every subject but listened to none.

Formed from prate ("to talk foolishly or tediously") + the agent suffix -er. Prate entered Middle English from Middle Dutch praten ("to talk, chatter"). This word is unrelated to the Vienna park called the Prater.

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