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blushiness

noun

Etymology

From blushy + -ness.

  1. derived from *bʰel-✻
  2. inherited from *bluskijaną✻
  3. derived from *blaskijaną✻
  4. inherited from blysċan — “to be red; shine”
  5. inherited from blusshen
  6. suffixed as blushy — “blush + y”
  7. suffixed as blushiness — “blushy + ness”

Definitions

  1. The quality of being blushy.

    • Ann delivered her message with the peculiar blushiness of pretty servant maids when they have messages to deliver to nice gentlemen, and Dr. Catherwood in return smiled a little and said: […]

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