adj
blate
Blate (adj) means Shy and easily embarrassed.
adj
1
Shy and easily embarrassed.
"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?"
— Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Grey Granite (A Scots Quair) (1934)
2
Slow-witted or not very clever.
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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 (“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.
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What is the meaning of blate?
"blate" (adj) means shy and easily embarrassed.
What is another word for blate?
Other words for "blate" include bashful.
What is the opposite of blate?
The opposite of "blate" is forward.
What are the different meanings of blate?
"blate" has 2 main meanings: 1. Shy and easily embarrassed; 2. Slow-witted or not very clever.
