blath·er

(blăth′ər) also bleth·er (blĕth′-)

intr.v. blath·ered, blath·er·ing, blath·ers also bleth·ered or bleth·er·ing or bleth·ers

To talk nonsensically.

Nonsensical talk.

[Old Norse bladhra; see bhlē- in Indo-European roots.]

blath′er·er n.

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blatherer

(ˈblæðərə)

dialect someone who blathers

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