English

Adjective

blate ‎(comparative blater, superlative blatest)

1. (Scotland, Northern England) Bashful, sheepish.
   • 1934, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Grey Granite, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 491:

     You'd say Not them; fine legs, and Ma struggling into her blouse would say You're no blate. Who told you they're fine?

2. (Scotland, Northern England) Dull, stupid.

Etymology 2

Verb

blate ‎(third-person singular simple present blates, present participle blating, simple past and past participle blated)

1. Archaic form of bleat.
   • 1851, William Maxwell, The Virginia Historical Register, and Literary Note Book

     Away they fly, like a party of Indians after buffaloes; while along the road, it may be, cattle are bellowing, sheep blating, dogs barking, hens cackling, and crows cawing.

Anagrams

• ablet
• bleat
• table

Dutch

Verb

blate

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of blaten

Anagrams

• tabel

Scots

Etymology

Origin uncertain; perhaps from Old English blāt ‎(“pale”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [blet], [blit]

Adjective

blate ‎(comparative blater, superlative blatest)

1. shy, modest, timid, sheepish
2. stupid, easily deceived, dull, unpromising