n. 1. A babbling, foolish person. 2. Blather. [BLATHER + dialectal skite, a contemptible person (from Middle English skite, diarrhea, from Old Norse skītr, excrement, from skīta, to defecate; see skei- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots).] |
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