[See -ATION.] humorous. Systematic or pretentious chattering.
1821. W. Wilberforce, Lett to Mrs. Wildberforce, 25 Jan., Corr. 1841, II. 254 The great evil of what is called the religious world is chatteration.
1862. B’ness Bunsen, in Hare, Life, II. vi. 318. Carlyle taxes one’s patience by wilful chatteration with the pen.
1879. Tinsley’s Mag., XXIV. 323. The noisy din, and general chatteration.
