Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
[chiefly with out] To utter suddenly and unadvisedly; to speak quickly or without thought; to divulge inconsiderately. · To spurt.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAn abrupt outburst.
Possibly imitative, or possibly an alteration of Middle English blurden (“to wail, cry out, threaten”), or possibly from Middle English *blerten, *blarten, *blorten, from Old English *blǣrettan, a frequentative or emphatic form of *blǣran (“to blear, bellow, roar”). If so, equivalent to blear + -t.
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- Inherited-form mentionblurdenenm · to wail, cry out, threaten
- Inherited-form mention*blertenenm
- Inherited-form mention*blǣrettanang
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