Blatherskite Definition

Origin of Blatherskite

• blather + Old English skite, shit. Alternatively the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary asserts that the word is of Scottish origin, with blather/blether + skate referring to someone who is "contemptible". First use of the term dates to the mid-17th century.

  From Wiktionary

• blather dialectal skite a contemptible person (from Middle English skite diarrhea) (from Old Norse skītr excrement) (from skīta to defecate skei- in Indo-European roots)

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition