Meaning of blatherskite | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A voluble purveyor of nonsense; a blusterer.
   countable, uncountable
2. A worthless fellow; a deadbeat.
   countable, uncountable
3. Nonsense or blather; empty talk.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“Babbitt was frightened, but he had an agonized instinct that if he yielded in this he would yield⟳ in everything. He protested: “You're exaggerating, Colonel. I believe⟳ in being broad-minded and liberal, but, of course, I'm just as much agin the cranks and blatherskites and labor unions and so on as you are. […]””

“Silence in the courtroom, you blatherskite!”

“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.”

“When that man there, Bruce Dunlap, had most worried the life and sense⟳ out of Uncle Silas till at last⟳ he plumb lost his mind⟳ and hit this other blatherskite, his brother, with a club, I reckon he seen his chance.”

“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.”

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