Blather

verb/ˈblæðə(ɹ)/rhetoric

Definition

Talk longwindedly without making much sense.

Etymology

From Middle English bletheren, bloderen, from Old Norse blaðra (“to speak inarticulately, talk nonsense”). Cognate with Scots blether, bladder, bledder (“to blather”), dialectal German bladdern (“to talk nonsense, blather”), Norwegian bladra (“to babble, speak imperfectly”), Icelandic blaðra (“to twaddle”), Swedish pladdra (“to blather”).

Synonyms

blither

In a sentence

He blathered on for twenty minutes without reaching a conclusion.