blatherskite
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blath·er·skite
(blăth′ər-skīt′)n.
1. A babbling, foolish person.
2. Blather.
[blather + dialectal skite, a contemptible person (from Middle English skite, diarrhea, from Old Norse skītr, excrement, from skīta, to defecate; see skei- in Indo-European roots).]
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blatherskite
(ˈblæðəˌskaɪt)n
1. a talkative silly person
2. foolish talk; nonsense
[C17: see blather, skate3]
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blath•er•skite
(ˈblæð ərˌskaɪt)n.
1. a person given to voluble, empty talk.
2. nonsense; blather.
[1640–50; blather + Scots skite, skate an objectionable person (of uncertain orig.)]
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