blue bloodn.

Brit.

/ˌbluː ˈblʌd/,

/ˈbluː blʌd/, U.S.

/ˌblu ˈbləd/,

/ˈblu ˌbləd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Spanish lexical item. Etymons: blue adj., blood n.

Etymology: < blue adj. + blood n., after Spanish sangre azul (1778 or earlier), perhaps alluding to the blue appearance of the veins of people of fair complexion as compared with those of dark skin.

1. Blood said to characterize old and aristocratic families (originally those of Spain). Hence: noble, aristocratic, or upper-class birth or lineage.

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blue blood1811

sangre azul1834

1811 Ann. Reg. 1809 (Otridge ed.) Characters 779/1 The nobility of Valencia..are, by themselves, divided into three classes, blue blood, red blood, and yellow blood. Blue blood is confined to families who have been made grandees.

1834 M. Edgeworth Helen I. xv. 317 One [officer]..from Spain, of high rank and birth, of the sangre azula, the blue blood.

1842 J. Laurie Syst. Universal Geogr. 538 The Spanish community is divided into two great castes, those of pure Gothic or blue blood, and those of mixed Gothic and Moorish descent, or black blood.

1883 Harper's Mag. Oct. 790/2 There was to be a gracious nobility of very blue blood which had been clarified in the veins of the Plantagenets.

1902 A. Bennett Grand Babylon Hotel viii. 86 The ‘Almanach de Gotha’—that record of all the mazes of Continental blue blood.

1972 ‘R. Crawford’ Whip Hand ii. i. 58 Neville, for all his blue blood, was closer to the breadline than he was.

2001 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 9 June ‘Enjoy the privileges, powers, prerogatives and pre-eminences accorded to the nobility,’ it says temptingly—and you don't need so much as a drop of blue blood.

2. A person characterized by this; an aristocrat, an upper-class person.

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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > [noun] > member of

optimate1574

gentle blood1575

patrician1631

grandlinga1637

(man, woman) of fashion1702

Brahmani1704

ruffled shirt1754

aristocrat1789

thoroughbred1817

Brahmin1823

big bug1826

ruffle shirt1830

ruffle-shirter1842

blue blood1850

aristo1864

upper1955

1850 F. Crowe Gospel in Central Amer. vii. 128 Don Mariano Aycinena, one of the blue-bloods, was installed chief of the state [of Guatemala].

1894 Daily News 16 Apr. 3/6 Many an aristocratic blue-blood..was glad to marry a rich burgher's daughter.

1920 J. Galsworthy In Chancery ii. i. 128 Round Crum were still gathered a forlorn hope of blue-bloods with a plutocratic following.

1992 N.Y. Times Mag. 22 Nov. 40/3 [He was] a little awed by the Ivy League savoir-faire of many of the other Rhodes scholars... ‘Bill was the most comforting figure among that crowd of confident blue bloods.’

2010 N.Y. Mag. 12 Apr. 57/2 Dine, spa, and be butlered like a blue blood.

Compounds

blue-blooded adj. having blue blood; aristocratic, upper-class.

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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > [adjective] > having blue blood

blue-blooded1813

1813 B. Hofland Patience & Perseverance II. i. 22 The representative of the blue-blooded grandee.

1853 E. C. Gaskell Cranford vii. 128 The old blue-blooded inhabitants of Cranford.

1955 K. S. Lynn Dream of Success 242 The company of millionaires and blue-blooded debutantes..proved..to be both frivolous and dull.

2009 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) May 142/1 But having grown up and been educated with the old blue-blooded ruling class, I have the preppy drawl.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	blue blood
释义	blue bloodn. Brit. /ˌbluː ˈblʌd/, /ˈbluː blʌd/, U.S. /ˌblu ˈbləd/, /ˈblu ˌbləd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Spanish lexical item. Etymons: blue adj., blood n. Etymology: < blue adj. + blood n., after Spanish sangre azul (1778 or earlier), perhaps alluding to the blue appearance of the veins of people of fair complexion as compared with those of dark skin. 1. Blood said to characterize old and aristocratic families (originally those of Spain). Hence: noble, aristocratic, or upper-class birth or lineage. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > [noun] > blue blood blue blood1811 sangre azul1834 1811 Ann. Reg. 1809 (Otridge ed.) Characters 779/1 The nobility of Valencia..are, by themselves, divided into three classes, blue blood, red blood, and yellow blood. Blue blood is confined to families who have been made grandees. 1834 M. Edgeworth Helen I. xv. 317 One [officer]..from Spain, of high rank and birth, of the sangre azula, the blue blood. 1842 J. Laurie Syst. Universal Geogr. 538 The Spanish community is divided into two great castes, those of pure Gothic or blue blood, and those of mixed Gothic and Moorish descent, or black blood. 1883 Harper's Mag. Oct. 790/2 There was to be a gracious nobility of very blue blood which had been clarified in the veins of the Plantagenets. 1902 A. Bennett Grand Babylon Hotel viii. 86 The ‘Almanach de Gotha’—that record of all the mazes of Continental blue blood. 1972 ‘R. Crawford’ Whip Hand ii. i. 58 Neville, for all his blue blood, was closer to the breadline than he was. 2001 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 9 June ‘Enjoy the privileges, powers, prerogatives and pre-eminences accorded to the nobility,’ it says temptingly—and you don't need so much as a drop of blue blood. 2. A person characterized by this; an aristocrat, an upper-class person. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > [noun] > member of optimate1574 gentle blood1575 patrician1631 grandlinga1637 (man, woman) of fashion1702 Brahmani1704 ruffled shirt1754 aristocrat1789 thoroughbred1817 Brahmin1823 big bug1826 ruffle shirt1830 ruffle-shirter1842 blue blood1850 aristo1864 upper1955 1850 F. Crowe Gospel in Central Amer. vii. 128 Don Mariano Aycinena, one of the blue-bloods, was installed chief of the state [of Guatemala]. 1894 Daily News 16 Apr. 3/6 Many an aristocratic blue-blood..was glad to marry a rich burgher's daughter. 1920 J. Galsworthy In Chancery ii. i. 128 Round Crum were still gathered a forlorn hope of blue-bloods with a plutocratic following. 1992 N.Y. Times Mag. 22 Nov. 40/3 [He was] a little awed by the Ivy League savoir-faire of many of the other Rhodes scholars... ‘Bill was the most comforting figure among that crowd of confident blue bloods.’ 2010 N.Y. Mag. 12 Apr. 57/2 Dine, spa, and be butlered like a blue blood. Compounds blue-blooded adj. having blue blood; aristocratic, upper-class. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > [adjective] > having blue blood blue-blooded1813 1813 B. Hofland Patience & Perseverance II. i. 22 The representative of the blue-blooded grandee. 1853 E. C. Gaskell Cranford vii. 128 The old blue-blooded inhabitants of Cranford. 1955 K. S. Lynn Dream of Success 242 The company of millionaires and blue-blooded debutantes..proved..to be both frivolous and dull. 2009 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) May 142/1 But having grown up and been educated with the old blue-blooded ruling class, I have the preppy drawl. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1811
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