† blithern.¹

Etymology: < blithe v. + -er suffix¹.

Obsolete. rare.

One who makes blithe; a gladdener.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [noun] > action of cheering > one who or that which cheers

gladderc1405

blithera1525

lifter1535

heartener1601

enlivener1774

sunbeam1872

ray of sunshine1885

cheerer-upper1907

a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 731 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 117 Haile blythar of ye baptist.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

blithern.²

/ˈblɪðə/

Etymology: variant of blether n.

(dialect or) colloquial.

Nonsense. Cf. blether n.

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

1866 Banffshire Jrnl. 27 Mar. 3 Some lightly [i.e. belittle] Scotland their auld mither An' ca' her tongue a vulgar blither.

1901 Daily Chron. 10 Aug. 4/7 We have heard a lot of blither (and, perhaps, a little sense).

1911 E. Ferber Dawn O'Hara v. 68 ‘What utter blither!’ I scoffed.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

blitherv.

/ˈblɪðə/

Etymology: variant of blether v.

(dialect or) colloquial.

intransitive. To talk nonsense; = blether v. 1.

ΘΚΠ

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

1868 F. P. Verney Stone Edge i What did the imp come blitherin' and botherin' there for?

1903 J. K. Jerome Tea-table Talk i. 20 If he was to blither, it was only fair that she should bleat back.

1921 Blackwood's Mag. Oct. 455/1 The inevitable pasty-faced babu waddled up, blithering about the delay.

Derivatives

ˈblithering n.

ΘΚΠ

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

chatteringa1250

janglingc1330

clatteringc1400

trattlinga1425

jabbering1499

chatting1509

tittle-tattlinga1586

bletheringa1834

nattering1859

yattering1859

blithering1925

yackety-yacking1953

blatting1955

yacking1959

1925 Public Opinion 13 Mar. 258/2 He ignores all their blithering.

ˈblitherer n. one who blithers.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] > talkative person > one who talks nonsense or waffler

penduguma1529

gibble-gabbler1653

maunderer1827

nonsense-talkera1832

bunkumite1864

phlyarologist1867

twitterer1895

blitherer1902

bosher1913

gobshite1946

waffler1959

1902 W. A. Raleigh Let. 6 Jan. (1926) I. 237 A ‘Civic Society’ of earnest burgesses and blitherers.

1916 W. Owen Let. Aug. (1967) 402 One old blitherer let his bullet off by accident.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

n.¹a1525

n.²1866

v.1868

单词	blither
释义	† blithern.¹ Etymology: < blithe v. + -er suffix¹. Obsolete. rare. One who makes blithe; a gladdener. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [noun] > action of cheering > one who or that which cheers gladderc1405 blithera1525 lifter1535 heartener1601 enlivener1774 sunbeam1872 ray of sunshine1885 cheerer-upper1907 a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 731 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 117 Haile blythar of ye baptist. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2019). blithern.² /ˈblɪðə/ Etymology: variant of blether n. (dialect or) colloquial. Nonsense. Cf. blether n. 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 1866 Banffshire Jrnl. 27 Mar. 3 Some lightly [i.e. belittle] Scotland their auld mither An' ca' her tongue a vulgar blither. 1901 Daily Chron. 10 Aug. 4/7 We have heard a lot of blither (and, perhaps, a little sense). 1911 E. Ferber Dawn O'Hara v. 68 ‘What utter blither!’ I scoffed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2019). blitherv. /ˈblɪðə/ Etymology: variant of blether v. (dialect or) colloquial. intransitive. To talk nonsense; = blether v. 1. ΘΚΠ 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 1868 F. P. Verney Stone Edge i What did the imp come blitherin' and botherin' there for? 1903 J. K. Jerome Tea-table Talk i. 20 If he was to blither, it was only fair that she should bleat back. 1921 Blackwood's Mag. Oct. 455/1 The inevitable pasty-faced babu waddled up, blithering about the delay. Derivatives ˈblithering n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > [noun] > indulgence in chatteringa1250 janglingc1330 clatteringc1400 trattlinga1425 jabbering1499 chatting1509 tittle-tattlinga1586 bletheringa1834 nattering1859 yattering1859 blithering1925 yackety-yacking1953 blatting1955 yacking1959 1925 Public Opinion 13 Mar. 258/2 He ignores all their blithering. ˈblitherer n. one who blithers. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] > talkative person > one who talks nonsense or waffler penduguma1529 gibble-gabbler1653 maunderer1827 nonsense-talkera1832 bunkumite1864 phlyarologist1867 twitterer1895 blitherer1902 bosher1913 gobshite1946 waffler1959 1902 W. A. Raleigh Let. 6 Jan. (1926) I. 237 A ‘Civic Society’ of earnest burgesses and blitherers. 1916 W. Owen Let. Aug. (1967) 402 One old blitherer let his bullet off by accident. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.¹a1525n.²1866v.1868
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† blithern.1

blithern.2

blitherv.

Derivatives

† blithern.¹

blithern.²