a. nonce-wd. [f. CHAT v. + -ATIVE (cf. talkative).] Chatty, talkative.

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1777.  G. Butt, Lett to Garrick, in Priv. Corr. (1832), II. 211. Having few people to talk to in the country, I vent my chattative humour in letter.

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1873.  R. T. Cotton, in St. Paul’s Mag., I. 643. They grew civil and chattative.

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