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blither

verb
blith·​er | \ ˈbli-t͟hər How to pronounce blither (audio) \
blithered; blithering; blithers

Definition of blither

intransitive verb

: to talk foolishly or nonsensically : blather You can therefore … start to blither if you like without any fear of making a fool of yourself.— Douglas Adams
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 As André Van Peteghem, Dumont cast Fabrice Luchini, whose dialectical extravagance and theatrical exuberance lend his character, a blithering sybaritic fop, the pathos of a physical infirmity matched by the physical comedy of the accident-prone. — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, "Bruno Dumont’s Self-Surpassing Inventiveness in “Slack Bay”," 10 Mar. 2017

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First Known Use of blither

1867, in the meaning defined above

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