blate

1
[ bleyt ]
adjectiveChiefly Scot.

  1. bashful; shy.

Origin of blate

1
before 1000; Old English blāt livid, pallid, (of a sound) low (not found in ME)

Other words from blate

  • blately, adverb
  • blateness, noun

Other definitions for blate (2 of 2)

blate2
[ bleyt ]
verb (used without object),blat·ed, blat·ing.

  1. bleat.

noun

  1. bleat (def. 4).

Origin of blate

2
1855–60; perhaps dialectal variant of bleat (cf. great)

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