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blith⋅er

  [blith-er]
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–verb (used without object)
to talk foolishly; blather: He's blithering about some problem of his.
Origin:
1865–70; var. of blather
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blith·er   (blĭth'ər)   
intr.v.   blith·ered, blith·er·ing, blith·ers
To blather.

[Probably blend of blather and dither.]
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Word Origin & History

blithering 
1889, from blither "to talk nonsense" (1868), a variant of blather (q.v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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