Crossword Path

Find words for crosswords, Scrabble and word games

Word entry · 12 letters

blatherskite

Limited data

No curated clues yet.

Use pattern search to check whether the word fits.

12 lettersPronunciation /ˈblæðəɹˌskaɪt/Part of speech nounSorted abeehiklrsttStarts with BEnds with E0 clues
1B2L3A4T5H6E7R8S9K10I11T12E

Not quite right?

"Search similar patterns."

B___________

Definitions

  1. foolish gibberish

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • 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.
  • 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.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer0 curated clues

No curated clues for blatherskite yet.

Related words