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rattlepated

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
rat-tlepat-ed
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

rattlebrained; rattleheaded; foolish

Etymology

From rattle + pate + -ed.

Inflected Forms

more rattlepated (comparative) most rattlepated (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

rattlepate

Synonyms

rattlebrained scatterbrained scatty

Questions

What does rattlepated mean?
rattlebrained; rattleheaded; foolish
Where does rattlepated come from?
From rattle + pate + -ed.

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