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blath⋅er
[blath
-er] 
–noun
| 1. | foolish, voluble talk: His speech was full of the most amazing blather. |
–verb (used without object), verb (used with object)
| 2. | to talk or utter foolishly; blither; babble: The poor thing blathered for hours about the intricacies of his psyche. |
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| blath·er (blāth'ər) intr.v. blath·ered also bleth·ered, blath·er·ing also bleth·er·ing, blath·ers also bleth·ers To talk nonsensically. n. Nonsensical talk. [Old Norse bladhra; see bhlē- in Indo-European roots.] blath'er·er n. |
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Blather
Blath"er\ (bl[a^][th]"[~e]r), v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. Blathered; p. pr. & vb. n. Blathering.] [Written also blether.] [Icel. bla[eth]ra. Cf. Blatherskite.] To talk foolishly, or nonsensically. --G. Eliot.Blather
Blath"er\, n. [Written also blether.] Voluble, foolish, or nonsensical talk; -- often in the pl. --Hall Caine.
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blather
1524, Scottish, probably from a Scand. source, such as O.N. blaðr "to chatter, babble," probably of imitative origin. Blatherskite "talker of blatant nonsense" (1650) was popularized in U.S. during the Revolution by the Scottish song "Maggie Lauder."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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