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Definition of Blither
1. Verb. To talk foolishly. "Sam and Sue blither"; "The two women babbled and crooned at the baby"
Generic synonyms: Blab, Blabber, Chatter, Clack, Gabble, Gibber, Maunder, Palaver, Piffle, Prate, Prattle, Tattle, Tittle-tattle, Twaddle
Derivative terms: Babble, Babbler, Babbling, Blather, Blether
Definition of Blither
1. Adjective. (comparative of blithe) ¹
2. Verb. to talk foolishly; to blather ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Blither
1. to blather [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: blather
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blither
Literary usage of Blither
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Posthumous Poems of William Motherwell. Now First Collected by William Motherwell (1851)
"FOE, blither fields and braver bowers The little bird, in Spring, Quits its old
tree and wintry hold, With wanton mates to sing ; And yet a while that ..."
2. The Elene of Cynewulf by Cynewulf (1904)
"And the king, the leader of men, was the blither and the freer from grief in his
heart by reason of that fair vision. 4. THE BATTLE. ..."
3. Remarks on Mr. J. P. Collier's and Mr. C. Knight's Editions of Shakespeare by Alexander Dyce (1844)
"And crickets sing at the oven's mouth, Are the blither for their drouth." So also
Mr. Knight. Malone gave Steevens' emendation, " As the blither," &c. ..."
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