blate

Meanings

Verb

cry plaintively
Archaic form of bleat.

Adjective Satellite

disposed to avoid notice; ; (`blate' is a Scottish term for bashful)

Adj

Bashful, sheepish.
Dull, stupid.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Scots blate (“timid, sheepish”), apparently a conflation of:
* Northern Middle English *blate, *blait (“pale, ghastly, terrified”), from Old English blāt (“pale, livid, ghastly”), from Proto-West Germanic *blait (“pale, discoloured”), from Proto-Germanic *blaitaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyd- (“pale, pallid”);
* Middle English bleth, bleath (“timid, soft”), from Old English blēaþ (“gentle, shy, cowardly, timid; slothful, inactive, effeminate”), from Proto-Germanic *blauþuz (“weak, timid, void, naked”).
Cognate with German blassen (“to make pale”), bleich (“pale, pallid”). More at bleak, bleach.

Synonyms

baa, bashful, blat, bleat

Scrabble Score: 7

blate is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
blate is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
blate is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

blate is a valid Words With Friends word