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Blather   /blˈæðər/   Listen
Blather

verb
(past & past part. blathered; pres. part. blathering)  (Written also blether)
1.
To talk foolishly.  Synonyms: babble, blether, blither, smatter.
noun
(Written also blether)
1.
Foolish gibberish.  Synonym: blatherskite.






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"Blather" Quotes from Famous Books



... what a foolish, what a mad blather he made against my revised New Testament! Next, what could be more like madness than that remark which he threw out against J. Faber and myself, when the very facts bespoke that he did not understand what agreement there was between me ...
— Colloquies of Erasmus, Volume I. • Erasmus

... proser^, driveler; blatherskite [U.S.]; gossip &c (converse) 588; magpie, jay, parrot, poll, Babel; moulin a paroles [Fr.]. V. be loquacious &c adj.; talk glibly, pour forth, patter; prate, palaver, prose, chatter, prattle, clack, jabber, jaw; blather, blatter^, blether^; rattle, rattle on; twaddle, twattle; babble, gabble; outtalk; talk oneself out of breath, talk oneself hoarse; expatiate &c (speak at length) 573; gossip &c (converse) 588; din ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget



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