BLATE
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
Etymology 1
Adjective
blate (comparative blater, superlative blatest)
(Scotland, Northern England) Bashful, sheepish.
(Scotland, Northern England) Dull, stupid.
Etymology 2
Verb
blate (third-person singular simple present blates, present participle blating, simple past and past participle blated)
Archaic form of bleat.
Anagrams
• ablet, bleat, table
Source: Wiktionary