BLOOTERED also BLUITERT ADJ. very drunk; intoxicated ...1820 colloq., orig. Eng. dial., now chiefly Sc. & Irish ETYMOLOGY from either blooter (vb. to act or work in a bungling manner, to blunder; to talk foolishly) + -ed, or from blooter (n. a fool, an oaf, a blunderer) + -ed FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1820 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...Ther was geapin an starin, 'mang aw maks-- ``Aa! gies ty fist, Ellik! how's tou?'' ``Wey, aw bais'd, an bluitert, an queerish; We'll tek a drop gud mountain dew..." From: The Poetical Works of Robert Anderson - Robert Anderson "Carel Fair"
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