"blither" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /blaɪðɚ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-blither.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: Related to blithe Etymology templates: {{m|en|blithe}} blithe Head templates: {{head|en|comparative adjective}} blither
  1. comparative form of blithe: more blithe Tags: comparative, form-of Form of: blithe (extra: more blithe)
    Sense id: en-blither-en-adj-Gziauiz2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈblɪðɚ/ [US], /ˈblɪðə(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-blither2.wav [Southern-England] Forms: blithers [present, singular, third-person], blithering [participle, present], blithered [participle, past], blithered [past]
Etymology: A variant of blether, from blather. Etymology templates: {{m|en|blether}} blether, {{m|en|blather}} blather Head templates: {{en-verb}} blither (third-person singular simple present blithers, present participle blithering, simple past and past participle blithered)
  1. to talk foolishly; to blather Derived forms: blithering
    Sense id: en-blither-en-verb-tlCoTPid Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English heteronyms Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 10 90 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for blither meaning in English (3.1kB)

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