Defn: Grass-green; clear, lively green, without any mixture. Lindley.
PRASOID
Pra"soid, a. Etym: [Gr. -oid.] (Min.)
Defn: Resembling prase.
PRATE
Prate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Prated; p. pr. & vb. n. Prating.] Etym:
[Akin to LG. & D. praten, Dan. prate, Sw. & Icel. prata.]
Defn: 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
Prate, v. t.
Defn: 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
Prate, n. Etym: [Akin to LG. & D. praat, Sw. prat.]
Defn: Talk to little purpose; trifling talk; unmeaning loquacity.
Sick of tops, and poetry, and prate. Pope.
PRATEFUL
Prate"ful, a.