blouster
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Scots
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]- (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
[edit]blouster (plural blousters)
Verb
[edit]blouster (third-person singular simple present blousters, present participle blousterin, simple past bloustert, past participle bloustert)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “blouster” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.