From en.wiktionary.org:
[blátě]
** English
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Etymology 1
[en], apparently a conflation of:
- Northern [en] , [enm] , from [en] , from [en] , from [en] , from [en] ;
- [en] , [enm] , from [en] , from [en] .
Cognate with [de], [de]. More at [en], [en].
**** Adjective
[er]
1. [en] Bashful , sheepish .
2. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1934 | author=w:Lewis Grassic Gibbon | title=Grey Granite | publisher=Polygon | year_published=2006 | series=A Scots Quair | page=491
|passage=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?_}}
1. [en] Dull , stupid .
***** Derived terms
- [en]
*** Etymology 2
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] .
2. * [en]
***** Related terms
- [en]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
[en]
** Dutch
*** Verb
[nl]
1. [nl]
*** Anagrams
- [nl]
** Scots
*** Etymology
[sco]; perhaps from [sco].
*** Pronunciation
- [sco]
*** Adjective
[blat]
1. shy , modest , timid , sheepish
2. * [1=sco]
3. stupid , easily deceived , dull , unpromising