Words at Play : 22 Charming Words for Nasty People
Definition:
a lazy talkative person
Examples:
"She tauld thee weel thou was a skellum, A blethering, blustering, drunken blellum" – Robert Burns, The Poetical Works of Robert Burns, 1807
About the Word:
Blellum combines in its definition two qualities that are not often found together: laziness and loquaciousness. Its origin is uncertain, although it is thought to possibly be a blend of two Scottish words, bleber (to babble), and skellum (a rascal).
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