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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
bloviate \blo"vi*ate\ (bl[=o]"v[i^]*[=a]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
{bloviated} (bl[=o]"v[i^]*[=a]*t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
{bloviating} (bl[=o]"v[i^]*[=a]*t[i^]ng).]
To orate pompously; -- used especially of politicians and
news commentators. --Frank Rich (N. Y. Times Jan. 6, 1999, p.
A23) -- {blo"vi*a*tor}, n. -- {blo"vi*a*tion}, n.
[PJC]
"We've had almost three weeks of lawyers bloviating
about what the facts in the case are," Mr. Rogan said.
"Wouldn't it be easier to bring the witnesses?"
--Quoted by
Eric Schmitt
in The New
York Times,
Jan 22, 1999,
p. A15.