
ETYMOLOGY
from Latin blatero, -onem (babbler), from blaterare
EXAMPLE
“… I will endeavour to lose the memory of him, and that my thoughts may never run more upon the fashion of his face, which vou know he hath no cause to brag of; I hate such blateroons:
Odi illos ceu claustra Erebi
I thought good to give you this little mot of advice, because the Times are ticklish, of committing- secrets to anv, tho’ not to — Your most affectionate Friend to serve you,
j. H. …”
From: A New Volume of Letters
By James Howell, 1647