blate

Definition of blate

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

(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?”

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adj

(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?”
(Northern-England, Scotland)Dull, stupid.

verb

(alt-of, archaic)Archaic form of bleat.

“Away they fly, like a party of Indians after buffaloes; while along the road, it may be, cattle are bellowing, sheep blating, dogs barking, hens cackling, and crows cawing.”

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Etymology

Borrowed from Scots blate (“timid, sheepish”), apparently a conflation of: * Northern Middle English *blate, *blait (“pale, ghastly, terrified”), from Old English blāt (“pale, livid, ghastly”), from Proto-West Germanic *blait…

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Borrowed from Scots blate (“timid, sheepish”), apparently a conflation of: * Northern Middle English *blate, *blait (“pale, ghastly, terrified”), from Old English blāt (“pale, livid, ghastly”), from Proto-West Germanic *blait (“pale, discoloured”), from Proto-Germanic *blaitaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyd- (“pale, pallid”); * Middle English bleth, bleath (“timid, soft”), from Old English blēaþ (“gentle, shy, cowardly, timid; slothful, inactive, effeminate”), from Proto-Germanic *blauþuz (“weak, timid, void, naked”). Cognate with German blassen (“to make pale”), bleich (“pale, pallid”). More at bleak, bleach.

Anagrams of blate

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Words you can make from blate

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Best play bleat 7 points

5-letter words

1 word

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4-letter words

16 words

3-letter words

19 words

2-letter words

11 words

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