bluggyadj.

/ˈblʌɡi/

Etymology: Representing a pretended infantile pronunciation of bloody adj., n., and adv.

= bloody adj., originally used literally (see quot. 1876), used subsequently as a euphemistic pronunciation of ‘bloody’, esp. to define literature of the blood-and-thunder type (see blood n. 23).

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [adjective] > stained > stained or smeared with blood

redOE

bloodyOE

drearyOE

weta1300

bloodedc1300

bleedingc1305

forbled1387

gory?a1500

cruent1524

purpled1561

brued1563

beweltered1565

bloodied1566

beblubbered1582

purple1590

bloodstained1594

ensanguined1628

blood-bedabbled1629

cruentous1648

cruentate1661

begored1683

sanguined1700

bluggy1876

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > novel > [adjective] > types of novel

picaresque1822

Gothic1825

Minerva press1843

yellow1843

western1846

bluggy1876

cape and sword (also cape and cloak)1898

Mills & Boon1912

straight1936

blockbusting1943

Mills and Boony1946

private eye1946

police procedural1957

thrillerish1957

porno-Gothic1968

romantic1977

neo-noir1986

bonkbusting1993

the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [adjective] > euphemisms for stronger oaths

adjective1851

something1859

adjectived1869

qualified1886

epitheted1896

adj.1903

jiggering1903

adjectival1907

jeezly1908

blerry1920

bluggy1921

somethinged1922

socking1941

bleeping1957

naffing1959

1876 J. Habberton Helen's Babies 68 Bliaff's head was all bluggy, an' David's sword was all bluggy—bluggy as everyfing.

1890 Sc. Leader 17 July 4 The shriek with which Mr. Hall Caine greeted Mr. Grant Allen's protest against bluggy novels.

1921 19th Cent. & After May 770 East End ambuscades where the air is thick with the smell of fried fish and Yiddish and bluggy rhetoric.

1966 ‘K. Nicholson’ Hook, Line & Sinker vi. 74 Bluggy Joan of Arc, with her messages.

Derivatives

ˈblugginess n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > novel > [noun] > sensational novel or thriller > quality of

blugginess1894

1894 Punch 30 June 305 It is not poesy, culture, wisdom, wit, That make the literary world go round. Much ‘blugginess’ has more to do with it.

1901 Academy 2 Nov. 404 In the close it falls sheer into rant and ‘blugginess’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	bluggy
释义	bluggyadj. /ˈblʌɡi/ Etymology: Representing a pretended infantile pronunciation of bloody adj., n., and adv. = bloody adj., originally used literally (see quot. 1876), used subsequently as a euphemistic pronunciation of ‘bloody’, esp. to define literature of the blood-and-thunder type (see blood n. 23). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [adjective] > stained > stained or smeared with blood redOE bloodyOE drearyOE weta1300 bloodedc1300 bleedingc1305 forbled1387 gory?a1500 cruent1524 purpled1561 brued1563 beweltered1565 bloodied1566 beblubbered1582 purple1590 bloodstained1594 ensanguined1628 blood-bedabbled1629 cruentous1648 cruentate1661 begored1683 sanguined1700 bluggy1876 society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > novel > [adjective] > types of novel picaresque1822 Gothic1825 Minerva press1843 yellow1843 western1846 bluggy1876 cape and sword (also cape and cloak)1898 Mills & Boon1912 straight1936 blockbusting1943 Mills and Boony1946 private eye1946 police procedural1957 thrillerish1957 porno-Gothic1968 romantic1977 neo-noir1986 bonkbusting1993 the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [adjective] > euphemisms for stronger oaths adjective1851 something1859 adjectived1869 qualified1886 epitheted1896 adj.1903 jiggering1903 adjectival1907 jeezly1908 blerry1920 bluggy1921 somethinged1922 socking1941 bleeping1957 naffing1959 1876 J. Habberton Helen's Babies 68 Bliaff's head was all bluggy, an' David's sword was all bluggy—bluggy as everyfing. 1890 Sc. Leader 17 July 4 The shriek with which Mr. Hall Caine greeted Mr. Grant Allen's protest against bluggy novels. 1921 19th Cent. & After May 770 East End ambuscades where the air is thick with the smell of fried fish and Yiddish and bluggy rhetoric. 1966 ‘K. Nicholson’ Hook, Line & Sinker vi. 74 Bluggy Joan of Arc, with her messages. Derivatives ˈblugginess n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > novel > [noun] > sensational novel or thriller > quality of blugginess1894 1894 Punch 30 June 305 It is not poesy, culture, wisdom, wit, That make the literary world go round. Much ‘blugginess’ has more to do with it. 1901 Academy 2 Nov. 404 In the close it falls sheer into rant and ‘blugginess’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.1876
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