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blater

blater is the comparative form of blate.

Meaning of blate

Adjective

blate (comparative blater, superlative blatest)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland) Bashful, sheepish.
    • You'd say Not them; fine legs, and Ma struggling into her blouse would say You're no blate. Who told you they're fine?1934, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Grey Granite (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 491
  2. (Northern England, Scotland) Dull, stupid.

Questions about blater

What is blater the comparative form of?
Blater is the comparative form of blate.

Words near blater in the dictionary

  1. blate
  2. blated
  3. blatellaquinone
  4. blateness
  5. blatently
  6. blater
  7. blates
  8. blatest
  9. blather
  10. blathered
  11. blatherer

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