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▪ I. † ˈblither, n.1 Obs. rare.
[f. blithe v. + -er1.]
One who makes blithe; a gladdener.
a1455Houlate xxiv, Hail, blyther of the Bapteist.
▪ II. blither, n.2 (dial. or) colloq.|ˈblɪðə(r)|
[var. blether n.]
Nonsense. Cf. blether n.
1866Banffshire Jrnl. 27 Mar. 3 Some lightly [i.e. belittle] Scotland their auld mither An' ca' her tongue a vulgar blither. 1901Daily Chron. 10 Aug. 4/7 We have heard a lot of blither (and, perhaps, a little sense). 1911E. Ferber Dawn O'Hara v. 68 ‘What utter blither!’ I scoffed.
▪ III. blither, v. (dial. or) colloq.|ˈblɪðə(r)|
[var. blether v.]
intr. To talk nonsense; = blether v. 1. Hence ˈblitherer, one who blithers; ˈblithering vbl. n.
1868Verney Stone Edge i, What did the imp come blitherin' and botherin' there for? 1902W. Raleigh Let. 6 Jan. (1926) I. 237 A ‘Civic Society’ of earnest burgesses and blitherers. 1903J. K. Jerome Tea-Table Talk i. 20 If he was to blither, it was only fair that she should bleat back. 1916W. Owen Let. Aug. (1967) 402 One old blitherer let his bullet off by accident. 1921Blackw. Mag. Oct. 455/1 The inevitable pasty-faced babu waddled up, blithering about the delay. 1925Public Opinion 13 Mar. 258/2 He ignores all their blithering. |