blouster

Scots

Alternative forms

• bluister, bluester, blowster, blister

Etymology

Disputed. Blouster suggests a connection with English bluster, which Skeat says is doubtless associated in idea with blast, compare Old Norse blāstr (“blast, breath, swelling”). According to Bense, forms bluist and bluister are of Low German origins. The diphthong /ou/ may be due to the word blout with its kindred meanings

Pronunciation

• (Banffshire) IPA^(key): /ˈblɔustʌr/
• (Orkney) IPA^(key): /ˈblɔustʌr/
• (Angus, Southern Mid Scots, Southern Scots) IPA^(key): /ˈblustər/
• (Dumfriesshire, Argyll, Roxburghshire) IPA^(key): /ˈblistɪr/
• IPA^(key): /ˈblystər/

Noun

blouster (plural blousters)

1. A violent gust of wind.

Verb

blouster (third-person singular simple present blousters, present participle blousterin, simple past bloustert, past participle bloustert)

1. To blow violently (of the wind)
2. To brag or boast; to bluster.

Derived terms

• blowsterie

References

• “blouster” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.