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Definition of blithering adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

blithering

adjective
 
/ˈblɪðərɪŋ/
 
/ˈblɪðərɪŋ/
[only before noun] (British English, old-fashioned, informal)
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    • He was a blithering idiot.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryBlithering is used with these nouns:
    • idiot
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    Word Originlate 19th cent.: from blither, a variant spelling of blather + -ing.
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