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blest

[ blest ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

blest

/ blɛst /

Origin of blest¹

First recorded in 1560–70, for the adjective

Pleasures are more beneficial than duties because, like the quality of mercy, they are not strained, and they are twice blest.

"Blest if the old Nonesuch ain't a heppin' us out agin," and he begun to haul out yaller-jackets and stack them up.

The hare-lip she got to pumping me about England, and blest if I didn't think the ice was getting mighty thin sometimes.

Blest with their camels, they not only want for nothing, but they even fear nothing.

He does not say cryptic things or babble trivialities in the name of the mighty Dead—the mighty Damned or the mighty Blest.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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