blither

== English == === Etymology 1 === 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. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈblɪðə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈblɪðəɹ/ Rhymes: -ɪðə(ɹ) Hyphenation: bli‧ther ==== Verb ==== blither (third-person singular simple present blithers, present participle blithering, simple past and past participle blithered) (intransitive, informal or UK, dialectal) To talk foolishly; to blather. Synonym: (Northern England, Scotland) blether ===== Derived terms ===== blitherer blithering (adjective, noun) ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== blither (countable and uncountable, plural blithers) (informal or UK, dialectal, uncountable) Foolish or nonsensical talk; blather; (countable) an instance of this. (countable, by extension, derogatory, dated) A foolish person; a fool, an idiot. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fool ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From blithe +‎ -er (suffix forming the comparative forms of adjectives). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /blaɪðə/ (General American) IPA(key): /blaɪðəɹ/ Hyphenation: blith‧er ==== Adjective ==== blither comparative form of blithe: more blithe === References === === Further reading === “blether, blather, bledder, v., n.1, int.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC. === Anagrams === Hilbert == Scots == === Adjective === blither comparative degree of blithe