blateadj.

Brit.

/bleɪt/, U.S.

/bleɪt/, Scottish English

/blet/

Forms: Also 1500s blait, 1600s bleat(e, bleit.

Etymology: Found in Scots late in 15th cent. It answers phonetically to Old English blát livid, pale, ghastly; but the connection of meaning, though possible, is not attested by the evidence. The general sense since 16th cent. is ‘blunt,’ ‘not sharp or ready’ in feeling, courage, discernment, manner, action, etc. (Connection with Old English bléat miserable, wretched, is not justified: still less with bléað soft, weak, timid. These words gave blete, blethe, in Middle English.)

Scottish and northern dialect.

†1. Pale, ghastly. (In Old English In the second quotation the sense is quite uncertain: cf. sense 3.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > paleness > [adjective]

blatec1000

whiteOE

greena1275

blakec1275

bleykea1300

wana1300

palec1330

bleach1340

pale and wan (wan and pale)c1374

colourlessc1380

deadlyc1385

deadc1386

bloodlessc1450

earthlyc1460

ruddylessc1460

wan visaged?a1513

wanny1555

as pale or white as a clout1557

bleak1566

mealy1566

pale-faced1570

ghastly1574

white-faced1577

bleakish1581

pallid1590

whiggish1590

tallow-faced1592

maid-pale1597

lily1600

whey-colour1602

lew1611

roseless1611

Hippocratical1615

cadaverousa1661

Hippocratic1681

smock-faced1684

white-looked1690

livid1728

as white (or pale) as a sheet1752

squalid1753

deathly1791

etiolated1791

light-skinned1802

suety1803

shilpit1813

blanched1828

tallowy1830

suet-faced1834

pasty1836

tallowish1838

whey-faced1847

pasty-faced1848

aghast1850

waxen1853

complexionless1863

light-skin1877

lily-cheeked1877

lardy1879

wan-faced1881

exsanguinous1889

wheatish1950

c1000 in Cod. Vercell. i. (1843) 63 Hungres on wenum blates beodgæstes.

a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Trial of Fox l. 977 in Poems (1981) 41 The fauour off thy face, For thy defence is foull and disfigurate, Brocht to the licht basit, blunt, and blait.

†2. Void of feeling, physically insensible, feelingless. (Perhaps, like a dead body). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > [adjective]

unfeelingc1000

dead?c1225

unwitlessc1225

insensiblec1400

unfeelablec1400

unfredeablec1450

insensate?1520

blatea1522

deaf?1527

unsensible1531

inanimatea1555

senseless1557

unsensate1561

sleeping1562

insensitive1610

unsensitive1610

torpid1613

inanimated1646

torpent1647

unperceptive1668

feelless1684

insentient1764

unsentient1768

sensationless1824

apathic1835

non-sensitive1836

zombie-like1932

zombie-esque1946

zomboid1963

zombied1972

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) i. viii. 129 The Phenycianys nane sa blait breistis hess.

1603 Thre Prestis of Peblis (Charteris) (1920) 37 In sa far as the Saull is for thy Far worthier is than the blait body.

†3. Void of spirits, abashed, having the courage blunted or daunted, spiritless, timid. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [adjective] > spiritless

comfortless1387

weak-hearta1425

unheartyc1440

sprightlessa1522

blate1535

weak-hearted1544

tame1563

spiritless1595

dismettled1660

exanimated1689

poor-spirited1749

milksoppish1852

unantagonistic1858

springless1869

spunkless1882

milksoppy1886

gritless1892

1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 632 Als blait and basit as ane scheip.

1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 639 So blunt, so blait, berand himself so law.

1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus Prol. sig. Aij^v Soft, blait, and blunt, of curagon.

4. Not ‘sharp’ in discernment, stupid.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [adjective]

sloweOE

stuntc960

dullOE

hardOE

stuntlyc1000

sotc1050

dillc1175

dulta1225

simplea1325

heavy1340

astonedc1374

sheepishc1380

dull-witteda1387

lourd1390

steerishc1411

ass-likea1425

brainless?a1439

deafc1440

sluggishc1450

short-witted1477

obtuse1509

peakish1519

wearish1519

deaf, or dumb as a beetle1520

doileda1522

gross1526

headlessa1530

stulty1532

ass-headed1533

pot-headed1533

stupid?1541

sheep's head1542

doltish1543

dumpish1545

assish1548

blockish1548

slow-witted1548

blockheaded1549

surd1551

dull-headed1552

hammer-headed1552

skit-brained?1553

buzzardly1561

witless1562

log-headeda1566

assy1566

sottish1566

dastardly1567

stupidious1567

beetle-headed1570

calvish1570

bluntish1578

cod's-headed1578

grout-headed1578

bedaft1579

dull-pated1580

blate1581

buzzard-like1581

long-eared1582

dullard1583

woodena1586

duncical1588

leaden-headed1589

buzzard1592

dorbellical1592

dunstical1592

heavy-headeda1593

shallow-brained1592

blunt-witted1594

mossy1597

Bœotian1598

clay-brained1598

fat1598

fat-witted1598

knotty-pated1598

stupidous1598

wit-lost1599

barren1600

duncifiedc1600

lourdish1600

stockish1600

thick1600

booby1603

leaden-pated1603

partless1603

thin-headed1603

leaden-skulledc1604

blockhead1606

frost-brained1606

ram-headed1608

beef-witted1609

insulse1609

leaden-spirited1609

asininec1610

clumse1611

blockheadly1612

wattle-headed1613

flata1616

logger-headeda1616

puppy-headeda1616

shallow-patedc1616

thick-brained1619

half-headed1621

buzzard-blinda1625

beef-brained1628

toom-headed1629

thick-witted1634

woollen-witted1635

squirrel-headed1637

clod-pated1639

lean-souled1639

muddy-headed1642

leaden-witteda1645

as sad as any mallet1645

under-headed1646

fat-headed1647

half-witted1647

insipid1651

insulsate1652

soft-headed1653

thick-skulleda1657

muddish1658

non-intelligent1659

whey-brained1660

sap-headed1665

timber-headed1666

leather-headeda1668

out of (one's) tree1669

boobily1673

thoughtless1673

lourdly1674

logger1675

unintelligenta1676

Bœotic1678

chicken-brained1678

under-witted1683

loggerhead1684

dunderheaded1692

unintelligible1694

buffle-headed1697

crassicc1700

numbskulled1707

crassous1708

doddy-polled1708

haggis-headed1715

niddy-noddy1722

muzzy1723

pudding-headed1726

sumphish1728

pitcher-souleda1739

duncey1743

hebete1743

chuckheaded1756

dumb1756

duncely1757

imbecile1766

mutton-headed1768

chuckle-headed1770

jobbernowl1770

dowfarta1774

boobyish1778

wittol1780

staumrel1787

opaquec1789

stoopid1791

mud-headed1793

borné1795

muzzy-headed1798

nog-headed1800

thick-headed1801

gypit1804

duncish1805

lightweight1809

numbskull1814

tup-headed1816

chuckle-pate1820

unintellectuala1821

dense1822

ninnyish1822

dunch1825

fozy1825

potato-headed1826

beef-headed1828

donkeyish1831

blockheadish1833

pinheaded1837

squirrel-minded1837

pumpkin-headed1838

tomfoolish1838

dundering1840

chicken-headed1842

like a bump on a log1842

ninny-minded1849

numbheadeda1852

nincompoopish1852

suet-brained1852

dolly1853

mullet-headed1853

sodden1853

fiddle-headed1854

numb1854

bovine1855

logy1859

crass1861

unsmart1861

off his chump1864

wooden-headed1865

stupe1866

lean-minded1867

duffing1869

cretinous1871

doddering1871

thick-head1873

doddling1874

stupido1879

boneheaded1883

woolly-headed1883

leaden-natured1889

suet-headed1890

sam-sodden1891

dopey1896

turnip-headed1898

bonehead1903

wool-witted1905

peanut-headed1906

peanut-brained1907

dilly1909

torpid-minded1909

retardate1912

nitwitted1917

meat-headed1918

mug1922

cloth-headed1925

loopy1925

nitwit1928

lame-brained1929

dead from the neck up1930

simpy1932

nail-headed1936

square-headed1936

dingbats1937

pinhead1939

dim-witted1940

pea-brained1942

clueless1943

lobotomized1943

retarded1949

pointy-headed1950

clottish1952

like a stunned mullet1953

silly (or crazy) as a two-bob watch1954

out to lunch1955

pin-brained1958

dozy1959

eejity1964

out of one's tiny mind1965

doofus1967

twitty1967

twittish1969

twatty1975

twattish1976

blur1977

dof1979

goofus1981

dickheaded1991

dickish1991

numpty1992

cockish1996

1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid Prol. 251 The last sax buikis of Virgill..Caxtoun sa blaitlie lettis ourslip.]

1581 N. Burne Disput. Headdis of Relig. 96 b (Jam.) As the Italianis had bene sa blait, that they culd nocht discerne betuix ane man and ane woman.

1811 Statist. Acc. Nairn & Moray (Jam.) Blate, easily deceived.

†5. Blunt in manner, curt. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [adjective] > curt or brusque

short1390

cutted1530

snappish1542

abrupt1578

stunt1581

blunt1590

brusquea1639

snapping1642

blatec1650

brisk1665

bluff1705

offhand1708

prerupt1727

squab1737

prompt1768

crisp1814

brief1818

stuntya1825

curt1831

snappy1834

bluffy1844

nebby1873

offhandish1886

nebsy1894

c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1850) I. 176 Thay gat ane bleat ansuer, and so tynt thair travell.

6. Bashful, backward, esp. from natural diffidence or awkwardness; slow to come forward or assert oneself; diffident, sheepish, shamefaced.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > shyness or bashfulness > [adjective]

shamefastc897

unboldc897

shamelya1100

squeamous1483

bashful1548

shamefaced1555

squeamish1561

retiring1566

chary1567

verecund1575

blatec1600

helo1611

shy1672

shuff1688

shyish1754

shanny1821

fawn-like1838

c1600 Rob. Hood (Ritson) i. iii. 40 If they have supt e'er I come in, I will look wondrous blate.

1674 J. Ray N. Country Words Coll. A toom purse makes a bleit Merchant. Scot. Prov.

1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd i. i Be nae blate, Push bauldly on and win the day.

a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 325 When I was beardless, young and blate.

1808 Cumbr. Ballads xxix. 67 I' God's neame step forret; nay, dunnet be bleate.

1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward III. viii. 215 You are not blate—you will never lose fair lady for faint heart!

1865 Cornhill Mag. Mar. 328 He's ‘no blate,’ as they used to say in Scotland, and made himself quite at home to-night.

†7. Of a fight, a market: Dull, slow. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [adjective] > sluggish or heavy

slowOE

sluggy?c1225

dull1393

slowfulc1400

sluggedc1430

sluggingc1430

slugc1440

sluggishc1450

lithera1500

peakish1519

lumpish1528

sopit1528

loiterous1566

slugring1566

drowsy1570

slow-bellied1576

snailish1581

blate1597

druggly1611

jacent1611

clammy1622

loggish1642

ignave1657

sliving1661

druggle-headed1694

slow-coachish1844

loggy1847

logy1859

tardigradous1866

tardigrade1883

1597–1605 A. Montgomerie Poems (1821) 46 But ȝit his batill will be blate, Gif he our forss refuse.

1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 55 (Jam.) Gang hame again? Na, na, That were my hogs to a blate fair to ca'.

Derivatives

ˈblately adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [adverb]

sotly1154

blately1513

grossly?1531

dully1533

blockishly1556

bluntly1557

buzzardly1561

sottishly1566

thickly1574

doltishly1580

witlessly1598

stupidiously1600

brainlessly1610

stupidly?1611

insulsely1637

uncleverly1697

numbskully1708

unintelligently1754

stupid?1757

duncishly1826

stockishly1846

sumphishly1850

simple-mindedly1851

obtusely1863

crassly1883

bovinely1900

unperceptively1935

simplistically1939

obtusively1953

dopily1958

gormlessly1958

1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid Prol. 251 The last sax buikis of Virgill..Caxtoun sa blaitlie lettis ourslip.

ˈblateness n.

ΚΠ

1823 J. Galt Entail III. iv. 41 It will be ill put on blateness.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	blate
释义	blateadj. Brit. /bleɪt/, U.S. /bleɪt/, Scottish English /blet/ Forms: Also 1500s blait, 1600s bleat(e, bleit. Etymology: Found in Scots late in 15th cent. It answers phonetically to Old English blát livid, pale, ghastly; but the connection of meaning, though possible, is not attested by the evidence. The general sense since 16th cent. is ‘blunt,’ ‘not sharp or ready’ in feeling, courage, discernment, manner, action, etc. (Connection with Old English bléat miserable, wretched, is not justified: still less with bléað soft, weak, timid. These words gave blete, blethe, in Middle English.) Scottish and northern dialect. †1. Pale, ghastly. (In Old English In the second quotation the sense is quite uncertain: cf. sense 3.) ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > paleness > [adjective] blatec1000 whiteOE greena1275 blakec1275 bleykea1300 wana1300 palec1330 bleach1340 pale and wan (wan and pale)c1374 colourlessc1380 deadlyc1385 deadc1386 bloodlessc1450 earthlyc1460 ruddylessc1460 wan visaged?a1513 wanny1555 as pale or white as a clout1557 bleak1566 mealy1566 pale-faced1570 ghastly1574 white-faced1577 bleakish1581 pallid1590 whiggish1590 tallow-faced1592 maid-pale1597 lily1600 whey-colour1602 lew1611 roseless1611 Hippocratical1615 cadaverousa1661 Hippocratic1681 smock-faced1684 white-looked1690 livid1728 as white (or pale) as a sheet1752 squalid1753 deathly1791 etiolated1791 light-skinned1802 suety1803 shilpit1813 blanched1828 tallowy1830 suet-faced1834 pasty1836 tallowish1838 whey-faced1847 pasty-faced1848 aghast1850 waxen1853 complexionless1863 light-skin1877 lily-cheeked1877 lardy1879 wan-faced1881 exsanguinous1889 wheatish1950 c1000 in Cod. Vercell. i. (1843) 63 Hungres on wenum blates beodgæstes. a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Trial of Fox l. 977 in Poems (1981) 41 The fauour off thy face, For thy defence is foull and disfigurate, Brocht to the licht basit, blunt, and blait. †2. Void of feeling, physically insensible, feelingless. (Perhaps, like a dead body). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > [adjective] unfeelingc1000 dead?c1225 unwitlessc1225 insensiblec1400 unfeelablec1400 unfredeablec1450 insensate?1520 blatea1522 deaf?1527 unsensible1531 inanimatea1555 senseless1557 unsensate1561 sleeping1562 insensitive1610 unsensitive1610 torpid1613 inanimated1646 torpent1647 unperceptive1668 feelless1684 insentient1764 unsentient1768 sensationless1824 apathic1835 non-sensitive1836 zombie-like1932 zombie-esque1946 zomboid1963 zombied1972 a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) i. viii. 129 The Phenycianys nane sa blait breistis hess. 1603 Thre Prestis of Peblis (Charteris) (1920) 37 In sa far as the Saull is for thy Far worthier is than the blait body. †3. Void of spirits, abashed, having the courage blunted or daunted, spiritless, timid. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [adjective] > spiritless comfortless1387 weak-hearta1425 unheartyc1440 sprightlessa1522 blate1535 weak-hearted1544 tame1563 spiritless1595 dismettled1660 exanimated1689 poor-spirited1749 milksoppish1852 unantagonistic1858 springless1869 spunkless1882 milksoppy1886 gritless1892 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 632 Als blait and basit as ane scheip. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 639 So blunt, so blait, berand himself so law. 1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus Prol. sig. Aij^v Soft, blait, and blunt, of curagon. 4. Not ‘sharp’ in discernment, stupid. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [adjective] sloweOE stuntc960 dullOE hardOE stuntlyc1000 sotc1050 dillc1175 dulta1225 simplea1325 heavy1340 astonedc1374 sheepishc1380 dull-witteda1387 lourd1390 steerishc1411 ass-likea1425 brainless?a1439 deafc1440 sluggishc1450 short-witted1477 obtuse1509 peakish1519 wearish1519 deaf, or dumb as a beetle1520 doileda1522 gross1526 headlessa1530 stulty1532 ass-headed1533 pot-headed1533 stupid?1541 sheep's head1542 doltish1543 dumpish1545 assish1548 blockish1548 slow-witted1548 blockheaded1549 surd1551 dull-headed1552 hammer-headed1552 skit-brained?1553 buzzardly1561 witless1562 log-headeda1566 assy1566 sottish1566 dastardly1567 stupidious1567 beetle-headed1570 calvish1570 bluntish1578 cod's-headed1578 grout-headed1578 bedaft1579 dull-pated1580 blate1581 buzzard-like1581 long-eared1582 dullard1583 woodena1586 duncical1588 leaden-headed1589 buzzard1592 dorbellical1592 dunstical1592 heavy-headeda1593 shallow-brained1592 blunt-witted1594 mossy1597 Bœotian1598 clay-brained1598 fat1598 fat-witted1598 knotty-pated1598 stupidous1598 wit-lost1599 barren1600 duncifiedc1600 lourdish1600 stockish1600 thick1600 booby1603 leaden-pated1603 partless1603 thin-headed1603 leaden-skulledc1604 blockhead1606 frost-brained1606 ram-headed1608 beef-witted1609 insulse1609 leaden-spirited1609 asininec1610 clumse1611 blockheadly1612 wattle-headed1613 flata1616 logger-headeda1616 puppy-headeda1616 shallow-patedc1616 thick-brained1619 half-headed1621 buzzard-blinda1625 beef-brained1628 toom-headed1629 thick-witted1634 woollen-witted1635 squirrel-headed1637 clod-pated1639 lean-souled1639 muddy-headed1642 leaden-witteda1645 as sad as any mallet1645 under-headed1646 fat-headed1647 half-witted1647 insipid1651 insulsate1652 soft-headed1653 thick-skulleda1657 muddish1658 non-intelligent1659 whey-brained1660 sap-headed1665 timber-headed1666 leather-headeda1668 out of (one's) tree1669 boobily1673 thoughtless1673 lourdly1674 logger1675 unintelligenta1676 Bœotic1678 chicken-brained1678 under-witted1683 loggerhead1684 dunderheaded1692 unintelligible1694 buffle-headed1697 crassicc1700 numbskulled1707 crassous1708 doddy-polled1708 haggis-headed1715 niddy-noddy1722 muzzy1723 pudding-headed1726 sumphish1728 pitcher-souleda1739 duncey1743 hebete1743 chuckheaded1756 dumb1756 duncely1757 imbecile1766 mutton-headed1768 chuckle-headed1770 jobbernowl1770 dowfarta1774 boobyish1778 wittol1780 staumrel1787 opaquec1789 stoopid1791 mud-headed1793 borné1795 muzzy-headed1798 nog-headed1800 thick-headed1801 gypit1804 duncish1805 lightweight1809 numbskull1814 tup-headed1816 chuckle-pate1820 unintellectuala1821 dense1822 ninnyish1822 dunch1825 fozy1825 potato-headed1826 beef-headed1828 donkeyish1831 blockheadish1833 pinheaded1837 squirrel-minded1837 pumpkin-headed1838 tomfoolish1838 dundering1840 chicken-headed1842 like a bump on a log1842 ninny-minded1849 numbheadeda1852 nincompoopish1852 suet-brained1852 dolly1853 mullet-headed1853 sodden1853 fiddle-headed1854 numb1854 bovine1855 logy1859 crass1861 unsmart1861 off his chump1864 wooden-headed1865 stupe1866 lean-minded1867 duffing1869 cretinous1871 doddering1871 thick-head1873 doddling1874 stupido1879 boneheaded1883 woolly-headed1883 leaden-natured1889 suet-headed1890 sam-sodden1891 dopey1896 turnip-headed1898 bonehead1903 wool-witted1905 peanut-headed1906 peanut-brained1907 dilly1909 torpid-minded1909 retardate1912 nitwitted1917 meat-headed1918 mug1922 cloth-headed1925 loopy1925 nitwit1928 lame-brained1929 dead from the neck up1930 simpy1932 nail-headed1936 square-headed1936 dingbats1937 pinhead1939 dim-witted1940 pea-brained1942 clueless1943 lobotomized1943 retarded1949 pointy-headed1950 clottish1952 like a stunned mullet1953 silly (or crazy) as a two-bob watch1954 out to lunch1955 pin-brained1958 dozy1959 eejity1964 out of one's tiny mind1965 doofus1967 twitty1967 twittish1969 twatty1975 twattish1976 blur1977 dof1979 goofus1981 dickheaded1991 dickish1991 numpty1992 cockish1996 1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid Prol. 251 The last sax buikis of Virgill..Caxtoun sa blaitlie lettis ourslip.] 1581 N. Burne Disput. Headdis of Relig. 96 b (Jam.) As the Italianis had bene sa blait, that they culd nocht discerne betuix ane man and ane woman. 1811 Statist. Acc. Nairn & Moray (Jam.) Blate, easily deceived. †5. Blunt in manner, curt. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [adjective] > curt or brusque short1390 cutted1530 snappish1542 abrupt1578 stunt1581 blunt1590 brusquea1639 snapping1642 blatec1650 brisk1665 bluff1705 offhand1708 prerupt1727 squab1737 prompt1768 crisp1814 brief1818 stuntya1825 curt1831 snappy1834 bluffy1844 nebby1873 offhandish1886 nebsy1894 c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1850) I. 176 Thay gat ane bleat ansuer, and so tynt thair travell. 6. Bashful, backward, esp. from natural diffidence or awkwardness; slow to come forward or assert oneself; diffident, sheepish, shamefaced. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > shyness or bashfulness > [adjective] shamefastc897 unboldc897 shamelya1100 squeamous1483 bashful1548 shamefaced1555 squeamish1561 retiring1566 chary1567 verecund1575 blatec1600 helo1611 shy1672 shuff1688 shyish1754 shanny1821 fawn-like1838 c1600 Rob. Hood (Ritson) i. iii. 40 If they have supt e'er I come in, I will look wondrous blate. 1674 J. Ray N. Country Words Coll. A toom purse makes a bleit Merchant. Scot. Prov. 1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd i. i Be nae blate, Push bauldly on and win the day. a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 325 When I was beardless, young and blate. 1808 Cumbr. Ballads xxix. 67 I' God's neame step forret; nay, dunnet be bleate. 1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward III. viii. 215 You are not blate—you will never lose fair lady for faint heart! 1865 Cornhill Mag. Mar. 328 He's ‘no blate,’ as they used to say in Scotland, and made himself quite at home to-night. †7. Of a fight, a market: Dull, slow. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [adjective] > sluggish or heavy slowOE sluggy?c1225 dull1393 slowfulc1400 sluggedc1430 sluggingc1430 slugc1440 sluggishc1450 lithera1500 peakish1519 lumpish1528 sopit1528 loiterous1566 slugring1566 drowsy1570 slow-bellied1576 snailish1581 blate1597 druggly1611 jacent1611 clammy1622 loggish1642 ignave1657 sliving1661 druggle-headed1694 slow-coachish1844 loggy1847 logy1859 tardigradous1866 tardigrade1883 1597–1605 A. Montgomerie Poems (1821) 46 But ȝit his batill will be blate, Gif he our forss refuse. 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 55 (Jam.) Gang hame again? Na, na, That were my hogs to a blate fair to ca'. Derivatives ˈblately adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [adverb] sotly1154 blately1513 grossly?1531 dully1533 blockishly1556 bluntly1557 buzzardly1561 sottishly1566 thickly1574 doltishly1580 witlessly1598 stupidiously1600 brainlessly1610 stupidly?1611 insulsely1637 uncleverly1697 numbskully1708 unintelligently1754 stupid?1757 duncishly1826 stockishly1846 sumphishly1850 simple-mindedly1851 obtusely1863 crassly1883 bovinely1900 unperceptively1935 simplistically1939 obtusively1953 dopily1958 gormlessly1958 1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid Prol. 251 The last sax buikis of Virgill..Caxtoun sa blaitlie lettis ourslip. ˈblateness n. ΚΠ 1823 J. Galt Entail III. iv. 41 It will be ill put on blateness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2022). blatev. /bleɪt/ Etymology: A late word, perhaps arising out of bleat v. (sense 2b), influenced by blatant adj. and n. Bleat was formerly pronounced /bleːt/, as in great. rare. transitive and intransitive. To babble, prate, give mouth (about), talk blatantly. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > without proper knowledge twattle1577 twittle1577 tattle1593 smatter1616 bleat1692 blate1878 the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > be talkative [verb (intransitive)] > talk excessively or chatter chavel?c1225 babblea1250 chattera1250 clacka1250 janglea1300 ganglec1300 clapc1315 mumblec1350 blabberc1375 carp1377 tatterc1380 garre1382 rattlec1400 clatter1401 chimec1405 gabc1405 pattera1450 smattera1450 languetc1450 pratec1460 chat1483 jabber1499 clittera1529 cackle1530 prattle1532 blatter1533 blab1535 to run on pattens1546 tattle1547 prittle-prattlea1555 trattlea1555 tittle-tattle1556 quiddlea1566 brabble1570 clicket1570 twattle1573 gabble1574 prittle1583 to like to hear oneself speak, talk1597 to word it1612 deblaterate1623 tongue1624 twitter1630 snatter1647 oversay1656 whiffle1706 to gallop away1711 splutter1728 gob1770 gibble-gabble1775 palaver1781 to talk (etc.) nineteen to the dozen1785 gammon1789 witter1808 yabble1808 yaff1808 mag1810 chelp1820 tongue-pad1825 yatter1825 potter1826 chipper1829 jaw-jaw1831 buzz1832 to shoot off one's mouth1864 yawp1872 blate1878 chin1884 yap1888 spiel1894 to talk (also lie, swear, etc.) a blue streak1895 to run off at the mouth1908 chattermag1909 clatfart1913 to talk a streak1915 to run one's mouth1916 natter1942 ear-bash1944 rabbit1950 yack1950 yacker1961 to eat parrot head (also bottom)1965 yacket1969 to twat on1996 1878 R. W. Gilder Poet & Master 38 They peddle their petty schemes, and blate and babble and groan. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < adj.c1000v.1878
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blateadj.

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blatev.