What is talk to little purpose; trifling talk; unmeaning loquacity. Sick of tops, and poetry, and prate. Pope called?
prate — Talk to little purpose; trifling talk; unmeaning loquacity. Sick of tops, and poetry, and prate. Pope. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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