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blate
1[bleyt]
adjective
Chiefly Scot.
bashful; shy.
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Other Word Forms
- blately adverb
- blateness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of blate1
before 1000; Old English blāt livid, pallid, (of a sound) low (not found in ME)
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Example Sentences
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Gin ye kent what was doing at hame, I trow ye wad look blate.
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Hang ye for an Italian dog! do ye think that Scotch lasses are sae blate as to forget their bargains!
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Do not be too blate,25 and for God’s sake do not try to be too forward; nothing sets you worse.—I am “Your affectionate friend and governess, “Barbara Grant.”
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Grant was by no means "blate" in availing himself of the hint, but the Shaws were tough fighters.
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He broke off to hum:— “‘Now Johnnie, troth, ye werena blate, to come wi’ the news o’ your ain, And leave your men in sic a strait, so early in the morning.’
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