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Definition: Blither |
BlitherVerb1. To talk foolishly; "The two women babbled and crooned at the baby". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "blither" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1608. (references) |
Synonyms: BlitherSynonyms: babble (v), blather (v), blether (v), smatter (v). (additional references) |
| Play | Caption |
 | Blither; blithering; idiot; idiotic; incomprehensible; insane; institutionalized; crazy; crazed; out of your mind; out of his mind; out of my mind; mentally ill; aberrant; bewildered; confused; crazed; delirious; demented; deranged; deviant; deviate; ding. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "blither"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Bulgarian | дрънкам глупости (burble, piffle, talk through one's hat, waffle, yammer). (various references) | |
Hungarian | hetet-havat összehord (to talk nonsense, to talk through one's hat). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | itherblay.(various references) | |
Russian | болтать вздор (blather, blether). (various references) | |
Swedish | tomt prat (buncombe, gossip, idle talk). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "blither": blithered, blithering, blithers. (additional references) | |
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"Blither" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Baitha, Beithe, bilithe, Billiter, bilter, bioherm, bither, blaithe, blathe, blathor, Bleher, Bletcher, blethed, bliteh, bliter, blith, blithel, blithes, blithey, blitter, blizhee, bltihe, bluther, Blythin, Clitherow. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-h-i-l-r-t" | |
-1 letter: blithe, lither, riblet. | |
-2 letters: berth, birle, birth, biter, blite, ither, liber, liter, lithe, litre, relit, their, thirl, tiler, tribe. | |
-3 letters: belt, beth, bier, bile, birl, bite, blet, brie, brit, elhi, heil, heir, herb, herl, hilt, hire, lehr, lier, lire, lite, riel, rile, rite, thir, tier, tile, tire, tirl. | |
-4 letters: bel, bet, bit, eth, her. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-h-i-l-r-t" | |
+1 letter: blighter, blithers, thurible. | |
+2 letters: blighters, blithered, blotchier, breathily, herbalist, heritable, thuribles. | |
+3 letters: birthplace, blathering, blethering, blithering, charitable, herbalists, thimblerig. | |
+4 letters: birthplaces, bleacherite, bullfighter, establisher, hyperbolist, inheritable, reestablish, tarnishable, thimblerigs. | |
+5 letters: alphabetizer, bigheartedly, blatherskite, bleacherites, bullfighters, establishers, heritability, hexobarbital, hyperbolists, labyrinthine, nightclubber, preestablish, rehabilitant, rehabilitate, shareability, thermolabile, thimbleberry, uncharitable, withdrawable. | |
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