brattery

Updated: May 22, 2025

I should esteem myself in luck, were the nuisances of this seaport confined only to two senses; but, alas! the apartment above my head proves a squalling brattery, and the sounds which proceed from it are so loud and frequent, that a person might think himself in limbo, without any extravagance. Am I not an object of pity, when I tell you that I was tormented yesterday by a similar cause?

William Beckford - Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents