blither

verb

blith·​er ˈbli-t͟hər 

blithered; blithering; blithers

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.

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blither noun

Examples of blither in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

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, 10 Mar. 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1867, in the meaning defined above