## Meanings
1. A small bubble on the skin filled with fluid, caused by rubbing, burning, or irritation.
2. To form blisters, or to cause blisters to form on the skin.
3. A raised bubble on a surface where a coating such as paint has not stuck properly.

## Examples
- My new shoes gave me a painful blister on my heel.
- My feet blistered during the long hike.
- There were blisters in the fresh paint where moisture had got in.

## Synonyms
- blain
- bleb
- vesicate

## Derived Forms
- antiblister
- beblister
- blisterfoil
- blisterlike
- blistery
- microblister

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: blister
- Root: blestre

## Etymology
From Middle English blister, from Old French blestre, from a Germanic source. Compare Middle Dutch blyster (“swelling”), Old Norse blastr (“a blowing”).

## AI Etymology
Blister is from Middle English blister, from Old French blestre, from a Germanic source. Compare Middle Dutch blyster (“swelling”), Old Norse blastr (“a blowing”). Important historical forms include Middle English blister, and Old French blestre. In present-day use, it can mean a small bubble on the skin filled with fluid, caused by rubbing, burning, or irritation, or to form blisters, or to cause blisters to form on the skin. Derived formations include antiblister, beblister, blisterfoil, blisterlike, blistery.

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