bashful, blate
(adjective) disposed to avoid notice; âthey considered themselves a tough outfit and werenât bashful about letting anybody know itâ; (âblateâ is a Scottish term for bashful)
bleat, blate, blat, baa
(verb) cry plaintively; âThe lambs were bleatingâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
blate (comparative blater, superlative blatest)
(Scotland, Northern England) Bashful, sheepish.
(Scotland, Northern England) Dull, stupid.
blate (third-person singular simple present blates, present participle blating, simple past and past participle blated)
Archaic form of bleat.
• ablet, bleat, table
Source: Wiktionary
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; âtheoretical scienceâ
The word âcoffeeâ entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch âkoffie,â borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish âkahve,â borrowed in turn from the Arabic âqahwah.â The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
