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blushful, a.|ˈblʌʃfʊl|
[f. blush n. + -ful.]
1. Full of blushes, apt to blush, modest, bashful.
1611Cotgr., Vergongneux..shamefull, shame-fac'd, bashfull, blushfull. 1794Wolcott (P. Pindar) Rowl. for Oliver Wks. II. 154 Thou sly and blushful maid. 1871M. Collins Mrq. & Merch. II. 130 Amy's shy, quiet, blushful face.
†2. Calling for a blush, shameful. Obs.
1656Trapp Comm. Matt. xvi. 11 Ignorance under means is a blushful sin.
3. transf. Blush-coloured, rosy, ruddy.
1804Wolcott (P. Pindar) in Beauties Eng. Poetry I. 135 The berry..hides beneath a leaf its blushful hue. 1877Blackie Wise Men 66 The blushful peach.
Hence ˈblushfully adv., ˈblushfulness.
1873M. Collins Sqr. Silchester's I. xii. 167 Silvia's bosom was blushfully buttoned. 1613Heywood Braz. Age ii. ii. Wks. 1874 III. 185 Let me in your face Reade blushfullnesse and feare. |