blate
blate · blater · blatest
Bashful, sheepishBashful, sheepish.
/bleɪt/
Meaning
2 senses(Northern England, Scotland)Bashful, sheepish.
(Northern England, Scotland)Dull, stupid.
More definitions
- disposed to avoid notice
Origin
Borrowed from Scots blate (“timid, sheepish”), apparently a conflation of:Borrowed from Scots blate (“timid, sheepish”), apparently a conflation of:
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Forms
blater, blatestSynonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- disposed to avoid notice:bashful
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedblateness
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form