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blithering

/ ˈblɪðərɪnɡ /

adjective

C19: variant of blather + -ing ²

A blithering, water-eyed optimist to the end, he'd die with a prayer of thankfulness and gratitude.

Thomas Mugridge was beside himself, a blithering imbecile, so pleased was he at chumming thus with the captain.

Stand up, you blithering fool, and tell us what you mean by raising such a fuss.

You'd be a blithering fool, I grant you, to waste yourself in indulgence, but I'm not so ideally situated.

Look here, Jack, has everybody on the blithering police force gone crazy about pajamas?

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