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blush

/bˈlʌʃ/BLUHSH
/bˈlʌʃ/BLUHSH

Meaningglowing red

Common meaning: to go red in the face

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishblysgan‘only found in deriv’source
  2. Middle Englishbluschensource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsonly found in deriv → to go red in the faceblush‘to go red in the face’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old English blysgan ‘glowing red’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry BLUSH, p. 68 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • blysgan Old English “glowing red”

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