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blate

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[ bleyt ]
/ bleɪt /

adjective Chiefly Scot.

bashful; shy.

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Origin of blate

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before 1000; Old English blāt livid, pallid, (of a sound) low (not found in ME)

OTHER WORDS FROM blate

blately, adverbblateness, noun

Words nearby blate

blastula, blastulation, blast wave, blat, blatant, blate, blather, blatherskite, blatted, blatter, blaubok

Definition for blate (2 of 2)

blate2
[ bleyt ]
/ bleɪt /
Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S.

verb (used without object), blat·ed, blat·ing.

bleat.

noun

bleat (def. 4).

Origin of blate

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1855–60; perhaps dialectal variant of bleat (cf. great)
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