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blighter

noun
/ˈblaɪtə/UK/ˈblaɪtɚ/US

Etymology

From blight (something that impedes development or growth, or spoils any other aspect of life) + -er.

  1. inherited from *bʰleyǵ-✻ — “to shine”
  2. inherited from *blaikaz✻ — “pale; white”
  3. inherited from *blaik✻
  4. inherited from blǣcþa — “leprosy”
  5. inherited from *bleighte✻
  6. suffixed as blighter — “blight + er”

Definitions

  1. One who blights.

  2. A person, usually male, especially one who behaves in an objectionable or pitiable manner.

  3. A man or child, especially an annoying one.

    • "[I]f I had known that Pine was such a blighter as to leave me nothing, I'm hanged if I'd have allowed him to be buried in such decent company."
    • He knew that the old blighter had to be humored in certain small ways.
    • I tackled the blighter squarely.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA