BLUTTERNOUN
1. a dirty, clumsy, untidy, or slovenly person ...1776 Scot. 2. a great deal of nonsensical gossip ...Bk1866 Scot. 3, a person much addicted to gossip; a rash, noisy talker ...Bk1866 Scot. VERB 1. to give hasty utterance to; to blurt out; to talk foolishly; to tell what ought to be kept secret ...1680 exc. Scot. 2. to make a noise in swallowing ...Bk1898 Scot. 3. to flow unsteadily as liquid from a bottle that is very full ...Bk1898 Scot. ETYMOLOGY vb. of onomatopoeic origin, with association of blurt, and perhaps of utter, mutter, etc. FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1680 - see Example below EXAMPLE "...If the Minister should blutter out any Errour or Undecency, and yet not restrain..." From: Catholick Communion double defended by Dr. Owens By; Richard Baxter, 1680 SOURCES • A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray, 1887-1933 • The English Dialect Dictionary, Joseph Wright, 1898-1905 • The Dialect of Banffshire, with a Glossary of Words not in Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary, Rev. Walter Gregor, 1866 • An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language, John Jamieson, 1879-1887 • A Scots Dialect Dictionary, Alexander Warrack, 1911
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