blather
Meanings
Plural: blathers
Noun
- foolish gibberish
- Foolish or nonsensical talk.
- Obsolete form of bladder.
Verb
- to talk foolishly
- To talk rapidly without making much sense.
- To say (something foolish or nonsensical); to say (something) in a foolish or overly verbose way.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English bletheren, bloderen, from Old Norse blaðra (“to speak inarticulately, talk nonsense”). Cognate with Scots blether, bladder, bledder (“to blather”), dialectal German bladdern (“to talk nonsense, blather”), Norwegian bladra (“to babble, speak imperfectly”), Icelandic blaðra (“to twaddle”).
Synonyms
babble, bavardage, bibble-babble, blab, blabber, blabbing, blather, blathering, blatherskite, blether, blither, chatter, chinwag, chit-chat, claver, clepe, gabble, hot air, mardle, natter, palaver, prate, prattle, scuttlebutt, small talk, smatter, tattle, twaddle, waffle, yackety-yak, yap, yatter
Scrabble Score: 12
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