blatherskite

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A voluble purveyor of nonsense; a blusterer. countable,uncountable
    — She never had any ideas, any more than a fog has. She was a perfect blatherskite; I mean for jaw, jaw, jaw, talk, talk, talk, jabber, jabber, jabber; but just as good as she could be.
  2. A worthless fellow; a deadbeat. countable,uncountable
    — Who social circle ape to lead, / Without the solid requisite; / Where high pretension is the creed, / And every look betrays the breed; / Avaunt, ye vulgar blatherskite.
  3. Nonsense or blather; empty talk. countable,uncountable
    — Now such a state of affairs as that is unknown in England. To print this statement is to expose ourselves there to the suspicion of blatherskite and exaggeration.

词形变化

blatherskites plural blatherskate alternative bletherskate alternative bladderskate alternative,Scotland bladderskite alternative,Scotland bletherskite alternative,Scotland blatherumskite alternative,Scotland blatheremskyte alternative,Scotland bletheran skate alternative,Scotland bletherkumskite alternative,Scotland

词源

From blather + skite (“shit, shite”). Alternatively the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary asserts that the word is of Scottish origin, with blather/blether + skate referring to someone who is "contemptible". First use of the term dates to the mid-17th century. Compare cheapskate.
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