chatterer

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Middle English cheteren, chiteren (Imitative)der. Middle English chateren English chatter Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English chatterer From chatter + -er.

1. A person who chatters; a chatterbox.

   “Yes, I am a chatterer, indeed, to interrupt you so often, Monsieur.”

   ““I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, the gorged dowagers,[…]the chlorotic squatters on huge yachts, the speed-mad fugitives from the furies of ennui, the neurotic victims of mental cirrhosus,[…]!””

2. Any of several passerine birds, mostly from South America; especially the cotingas.

   “Why is the variegated chatterer of South America also called the bell-bird?”

   “The flight of the Chatterer bears much resemblance to that of the starling.”