blither
verbEtymology
The verb is a variant of blether (Northern England, Scotland), blather (“to say (something foolish or nonsensical); to say (something) in a foolish or overly verbose way; to babble (something); to talk rapidly without making much sense; to cry loudly, blubber”), from Middle English bloderen, blotheren (“to babble; to cry loudly, blubber”), from Old Norse blaðra (“to talk foolishly or inarticulately”), from blaðr (“nonsense”); further etymology uncertain. The noun is a variant of blether, blather (“foolish or nonsensical talk”), either from blether, blather (verb), or from Old Norse blaðr (“nonsense”): see above.
- inherited from bloderen
Definitions
To talk foolishly
To talk foolishly; to blather.
- Personality is what I am aiming at, not mere manners. That is not strong enough for a man who "blithers" as you do.
- If he was to blither, it was only fair that she should bleat back.
- He called you man, but he blithered a lot, you would hardly heed at all what he said— […]
Foolish or nonsensical talk
Foolish or nonsensical talk; blather; (countable) an instance of this.
- He also knows if the work of the lyric poet be simply "stringin' blithers together, for fools to sing," that a very large percentage of the literary work of the world has been done in vain and this can by no means be admitted.
- "There's a lot of blither talked about women's economic independence today, but the real reason that drives them into offices and factories is to escape from the kitchen."
A foolish person
A foolish person; a fool, an idiot.
- Indeed, it was Mr. Buck's private opinion that in the matter of plants and flowers Sir John and Lady Moulter were "a pair of old blithers."
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comparative form of blithe
comparative form of blithe: more blithe
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA