bletherblathern.

Brit.

/ˈblɛðə/,

/ˈblaðə/, U.S.

/ˈblɛθər/

Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by conversion. Or (ii) a borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymon: blether v.

Etymology: < blether v., or < Old Norse blaðr nonsense.

Voluble talk void of sense.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > [noun]

windc1290

trotevalea1300

follyc1300

jangle1340

jangleryc1374

tongue1382

fablec1384

clapa1420

babbling?c1430

clackc1440

pratinga1470

waste?a1475

clattera1500

trattle1513

babble?a1525

tattlea1529

tittle-tattlea1529

chatc1530

babblery1532

bibble-babble1532

slaverings1535

trittle-trattle1563

prate?1574

babblement1595

pribble-prabble1595

pribble1603

morologya1614

pibble-pabblea1616

sounda1616

spitter-spatter1619

argology1623

vaniloquence1623

vaniloquy1623

drivelling1637

jabberment1645

blateration1656

onology1670

whittie-whattiea1687

stultiloquence1721

claver1722

blether1786

havera1796

jaunder1796

havering1808

slaver1825

yatter1827

bugaboo1833

flapdoodle1834

bavardage1835

maunder1835

tattlement1837

slabber1840

gup1848

faddle1850

chatter1851

cock1851

drivel1852

maundering1853

drooling1854

windbaggery1859

blither1866

javer1869

mush1876

slobber1886

guff1888

squit1893

drool1900

macaroni1924

jive1928

natter1943

shtick1948

old talk1956

yack1958

yackety-yack1958

ole talk1964

Haigspeak1981

1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 103 Stringing blethers up in rhyme For fools to sing.

1843 Mrs. Carlyle in Lett. I. 257 Untormented by his blether.

1863 Tyneside Songs 36 'Mang the noise and the blether.

1865 Richmond (U.S.) Exam. in Morning Star 3 Feb. All the eloquence and all the blather in the world will not alter the facts.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

bletherblatherv.

Brit.

/ˈblɛðə/,

/ˈblaðə/, U.S.

/ˈblɛðər/,

/ˈblæðər/, Scottish English

/ˈblɛθər/,

/ˈblaθər/

Forms: Also (?) 1500s blother.

Etymology: Middle English blather, < Old Norse blaðra to talk stupidly, < blaðr nonsense. Blather is the etymological form, blether being Scots and northern English (like gether = gather etc.). But in modern English, the word is generally accepted as Scotch (from Burns, Scott, Carlyle, etc.) and in the Scotch form. In U.S. blather appears to be more frequent.

Scottish and northern dialect.

a. intransitive. To talk nonsense loquaciously.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > be talkative [verb (intransitive)] > ramble or waffle

blether1524

spout1556

ramble1616

extravage1759

maunder1834

mumble-jumble1834

moider1839

gander1858

mither1860

burble1891

flap-doodle1893

waffle1900

bumble1911

wibble1994

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > talk idly [verb (intransitive)]

chattera1250

drivelc1390

clatter1401

chatc1440

smattera1450

pratec1460

blaver1461

babble?1504

blether1524

boblec1530

trattlea1555

tittle-tattle1556

fable1579

tinkle1638

whiffle1706

slaver1730

doitera1790

jaunder1808

haver1816

maunder1816

blather1825

yatter1825

blat1846

bibble-babble1888

flap-doodle1893

twiddle1893

spiel1894

rot1896

blither1903

to run off at the mouth1908

drool1923

twiddle-twaddle1925

crap1940

natter1942

yack1950

yacker1961

yacket1969

1524 A. Scott Vision xix And limpand Vulcan blethers.

a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Ciiii ^v I blunder I bluster I blowe and I blother.]

1786 R. Burns Holy Fair viii, in Poems & Songs (1968) I. 131 Some are busy bleth'ran Right loud that day.

1867 E. Waugh Owd Blanket iv. 89 in J. H. Nodal & G. Milnar Gloss. Lancashire Dial. (1875) He blether't abeawt religion.

1884 Punch 1 Mar. 102 Fluent folly may maunder and blether.

b. transitive. To babble.

ΚΠ

1810 R. Tannahill Poems (1846) 145 She blethered it round.

2. intransitive. To cry loudly, to blubber. dialect.

ΚΠ

1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 16 Blether, to blubber, to weep aloud.

1863 Mrs. Toogood Specim. Yorks. Dial. (at cited word) What's thou blethering at? child.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	blether
释义	bletherblathern. Brit. /ˈblɛðə/, /ˈblaðə/, U.S. /ˈblɛθər/ Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by conversion. Or (ii) a borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymon: blether v. Etymology: < blether v., or < Old Norse blaðr nonsense. Voluble talk void of sense. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > [noun] windc1290 trotevalea1300 follyc1300 jangle1340 jangleryc1374 tongue1382 fablec1384 clapa1420 babbling?c1430 clackc1440 pratinga1470 waste?a1475 clattera1500 trattle1513 babble?a1525 tattlea1529 tittle-tattlea1529 chatc1530 babblery1532 bibble-babble1532 slaverings1535 trittle-trattle1563 prate?1574 babblement1595 pribble-prabble1595 pribble1603 morologya1614 pibble-pabblea1616 sounda1616 spitter-spatter1619 argology1623 vaniloquence1623 vaniloquy1623 drivelling1637 jabberment1645 blateration1656 onology1670 whittie-whattiea1687 stultiloquence1721 claver1722 blether1786 havera1796 jaunder1796 havering1808 slaver1825 yatter1827 bugaboo1833 flapdoodle1834 bavardage1835 maunder1835 tattlement1837 slabber1840 gup1848 faddle1850 chatter1851 cock1851 drivel1852 maundering1853 drooling1854 windbaggery1859 blither1866 javer1869 mush1876 slobber1886 guff1888 squit1893 drool1900 macaroni1924 jive1928 natter1943 shtick1948 old talk1956 yack1958 yackety-yack1958 ole talk1964 Haigspeak1981 1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 103 Stringing blethers up in rhyme For fools to sing. 1843 Mrs. Carlyle in Lett. I. 257 Untormented by his blether. 1863 Tyneside Songs 36 'Mang the noise and the blether. 1865 Richmond (U.S.) Exam. in Morning Star 3 Feb. All the eloquence and all the blather in the world will not alter the facts. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). bletherblatherv. Brit. /ˈblɛðə/, /ˈblaðə/, U.S. /ˈblɛðər/, /ˈblæðər/, Scottish English /ˈblɛθər/, /ˈblaθər/ Forms: Also (?) 1500s blother. Etymology: Middle English blather, < Old Norse blaðra to talk stupidly, < blaðr nonsense. Blather is the etymological form, blether being Scots and northern English (like gether = gather etc.). But in modern English, the word is generally accepted as Scotch (from Burns, Scott, Carlyle, etc.) and in the Scotch form. In U.S. blather appears to be more frequent. Scottish and northern dialect. 1. a. intransitive. To talk nonsense loquaciously. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > be talkative [verb (intransitive)] > ramble or waffle blether1524 spout1556 ramble1616 extravage1759 maunder1834 mumble-jumble1834 moider1839 gander1858 mither1860 burble1891 flap-doodle1893 waffle1900 bumble1911 wibble1994 the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > talk idly [verb (intransitive)] chattera1250 drivelc1390 clatter1401 chatc1440 smattera1450 pratec1460 blaver1461 babble?1504 blether1524 boblec1530 trattlea1555 tittle-tattle1556 fable1579 tinkle1638 whiffle1706 slaver1730 doitera1790 jaunder1808 haver1816 maunder1816 blather1825 yatter1825 blat1846 bibble-babble1888 flap-doodle1893 twiddle1893 spiel1894 rot1896 blither1903 to run off at the mouth1908 drool1923 twiddle-twaddle1925 crap1940 natter1942 yack1950 yacker1961 yacket1969 1524 A. Scott Vision xix And limpand Vulcan blethers. a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Ciiii ^v I blunder I bluster I blowe and I blother.] 1786 R. Burns Holy Fair viii, in Poems & Songs (1968) I. 131 Some are busy bleth'ran Right loud that day. 1867 E. Waugh Owd Blanket iv. 89 in J. H. Nodal & G. Milnar Gloss. Lancashire Dial. (1875) He blether't abeawt religion. 1884 Punch 1 Mar. 102 Fluent folly may maunder and blether. b. transitive. To babble. ΚΠ 1810 R. Tannahill Poems (1846) 145 She blethered it round. 2. intransitive. To cry loudly, to blubber. dialect. ΚΠ 1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 16 Blether, to blubber, to weep aloud. 1863 Mrs. Toogood Specim. Yorks. Dial. (at cited word) What's thou blethering at? child. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1786v.1524
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