blush
English
/blʌʃ/
noun
Definitions
- An act of blushing; a red glow on the face caused by shame, modesty, etc.
- A glow; a flush of colour, especially pink or red.
- (figuratively) Feeling or appearance of optimism.
- (uncountable) A sort of makeup, frequently a powder, used to redden the cheeks.
- A color between pink and cream.
- (chiefly) A pale pink wine made by removing the dark grape skins at the required point during fermentation.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English blusshen inherited from Old English blysċan (be red, shine) derived from Proto-Germanic *blaskijaną, *bluskijaną.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*bluskijaną
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ablush English
- antiblush English
- blusher English
- blushest English
- blushet English
- blusheth English
- blushful English
- blushfully English
- blushfulness English
- blushless English
- blushlessly English
- blushlessness English
- blushlike English
- blushworthy English
- blushy English
- outblush English
- sun English
- sunblush English
- blozen Dutch, Flemish
- blush Portuguese
- *blaskijaną Proto-Germanic
- *blisk Proto-Germanic
- *bluskijaną Proto-Germanic
- blysċan Old English
- blusshen Middle English
- blys Old Norse
- blusse Danish
- blys Icelandic
- blosen Middle Dutch