blither

[blith -er]

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verb (used without object)

to talk foolishly; blather: He's blithering about some problem of his.

Origin of blither

First recorded in 1865–70; variant of blather

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Related Words for blithering

blathering, chitchatting, gibbering, blithering, blabbering, jabbering

Examples from the Web for blithering

Historical Examples of blithering

Why in God's name could he think clearly and yet only talk like a blithering fool?
Erik Dorn
Ben Hecht
Some of their Professors should be able to do good work in the blithering line.
Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 11, 1914
Various
The London public won't stand that sort of blithering twaddle.'
The Man Upstairs
P. G. Wodehouse
I could see that when, like the blithering ass I am, I interrupted them that evening.
In the Whirl of the Rising
Bertram Mitford
I could get the beasts, with Davey and that blithering half-breed.
The Pioneers
Katharine Susannah Prichard

British Dictionary definitions for blithering

blithering

adjective

talking foolishly; jabbering

informal stupid; foolishyou blithering idiot

Word Origin for blithering

C19: variant of blather + -ing ²

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Word Origin and History for blithering

adj.

1880, present participle adjective (from the first typically with idiot) from blither (v.) "to talk nonsense." From 1872 as a verbal noun.

blither

1868, variant of blether "talk nonsense," 1520s, a northern British and Scottish word, from Middle English blather (see blather (v.)). Related: Blithered; blithering.