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bless you

intj
/ˈblɛs juː/

Etymology

Short for God bless you, from Middle English God blesse you, God blisse you.

  1. derived from God blesse you

Definitions

  1. Short for (may) God bless you

    Short for (may) God bless you: said as a short prayer for the recipient.

  2. Said to someone who has just sneezed, as a polite remark.

  3. Used to express non-understanding of someone who has just used an unusual or foreign word…

    Used to express non-understanding of someone who has just used an unusual or foreign word or phrase (as if to imply that it sounds like a sneeze).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for bless you. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA