v. [f. L. blaterāt- ppl. stem of blaterāre to babble: cf. F. blatérer and BLATTER.] ‘To babble or talk vainly.’ Bullokar, 1676.
1653. Urquhart, Logopandecteision, 14. Taking all things litterally, without examination, blaterate, to the nauseating even of vulgar ears, those exotick Proverbs, [etc.].
1655. T. Hall, Vindiciæ Literarum, iii.
| But against learning would they blaterate, | |
| Unlesse themselves were so illiterate? |
1888. R. F. Burton, 1001 Nights, Suppl. VII. App. 437. What hypocrisy to blaterate about The Nights in presence of such triumphs of the Natural!
1896. S. F. Exam., 16 Feb., 18/2. Though the Rev. Mr. Hudelson blaterates about sophisms and plausibility.
