Usually means: Person with a confused mind.
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  1. rattlepate: Merriam-Webster
  2. rattlepate: Wordnik
  3. rattlepate: Wiktionary
  4. rattlepate: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. Rattlepate: Dictionary.com
  6. Rattlepate: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. rattlepate: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Rattlepate: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. rattlepate: FreeDictionary.org
  10. Rattlepate: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (rattlepate)

▸ noun:  (archaic) A chatterbox; someone who talks a lot.

Similar:
rattle-pate, rattlehead, rattle, rattletrap, prattlebox, tongue-pad, tonguepad, clack, twattle, chatter, more...

Opposite:
level-headed, composed, calm, collected

Types:
scatterbrain, airhead, space cadet, flibbertigibbet, fluffhead, lightweight, empty-headed, more...

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Similar:
rattle-pate, rattlehead, rattle, rattletrap, prattlebox, tongue-pad, tonguepad, clack, twattle, chatter, more...

Opposite:
level-headed, composed, calm, collected

Types:
scatterbrain, airhead, space cadet, flibbertigibbet, fluffhead, lightweight, empty-headed, more...



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