Chatteration

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    chattering colloquial, countable, dated, uncountable

    "February 4, 1865, Charles Dickens, All the Year Round As for her spirits, she had none. No more chatterations, no more acting of great ladies; she was as dumb as any dumb-waiter."

Example

More examples

"February 4, 1865, Charles Dickens, All the Year Round As for her spirits, she had none. No more chatterations, no more acting of great ladies; she was as dumb as any dumb-waiter."

Etymology

From chatter + -ation.

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