blushingn.

/ˈblʌʃɪŋ/

Etymology: < blush v. + -ing suffix¹.

The action of blush v.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > humility > feeling of shame > blushing with shame or modesty > [noun]

reddingOE

blushing1581

blush1595

the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > redness > [noun] > with blushing

blushing1581

flushing1590

suffusion1700

flush1706

bloom1752

mantling1753

rouge1759

hectic1768

vermilion1787

smoking1862

mantle1897

the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > making or becoming red > [noun] > becoming red

reddingOE

blushing1581

rubescence1799

rubricity1800

the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > manifestation of emotion > [noun] > physical feeling resulting from emotion > reddening of face > action of

reddingOE

blushing1581

crimsoning1789

1581 R. Goade in Confer. (1584) ii. sig. L iij b Worthy of hissing, and of blusshing too.

1648 W. Jenkyn Ὁδηγος Τυϕλος i. 6 Even the sectaries read it with blushing.

1663 J. Spencer Disc. Prodigies (1665) 146 As the blushings of the Evening.

1872 C. Darwin Expression Emotions Man & Animals xiii. 310 Blushing is the most peculiar, and the most human of all expressions.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

blushingadj.

Etymology: Formed as blush v. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈblushing.

a. That blushes; modest. Also used, often somewhat facetiously, with bride.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > humility > feeling of shame > blushing with shame or modesty > [adjective]

rosy1593

blushing1609

blushful1611

blushy1865

red-faced2002

1609 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. (ed. 2) at Bashfull Blushing, or shamefast.

1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 20 The modest matron, and the blushing maid.

1803 J. Porter Thaddeus of Warsaw xlvii. 428 Her blushing eyes were shedding tears of delight.

1859 C. Mackay Coll. Songs 240 Thus I won my blushing bride, One happy summer day.

1955 D. Lessing Proper Marriage i. i. 25 Martha remarked irritably that Dr. Stern was something of an old woman, ‘sitting all wrapped up behind his desk like a parcel in white tissue paper, being tactful to a blushing bride’.

b. blushing bride n. the South African proteaceous plant Serruria florida; also its flower.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > African trees or shrubs > [noun] > protea or sugar-bush

sugar-tree1705

wagenboom1790

suikerbos1818

sugar-bush1822

wagon-tree1822

Protea1824

blushing bride1917

1917 R. Marloth Flora S. Afr. 13 Blushing bride. Serruria florida..from one of the valleys of the upper Berg~river (Franschhoek). Flowering in winter.

1955 K. A. Thompson Great House vii. 213 The small, frail-looking pink protea called the Blushing Bride..was supposed to be extinct when he found it flowering in a tiny kloof in the Fransch Hoek Mountains.

2. Ruddy; roseate.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective]

redeOE

reodeOE

ruddya1398

reddy?c1400

purple1415

rougea1425

redly1486

gules1503

red-coloured1547

guly1592

blushing1597

angrya1616

rubric1623

minious1646

nacarinea1648

ruddle1649

rubriform1704

carbuncly?1730

blushful1804

envermeiled1822

ablush1852

flammulated1872

pyrrhous1890

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iii. iii. 62 The blushing discontented Sunne.

1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. P8^v The blushing Apple, bashfull Peare.

a1721 M. Prior Garland (R.) The dappled pink and blushing rose.

1805 R. Southey Madoc i. xiv. 139 Antic trees Shone with their blushing blossoms.

3. Causing blushes, shameful. Obsolete, except in blushing honours, in sense ‘causing blushes’, in imitation of Shakespeare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > humility > feeling of shame > blushing with shame or modesty > [adjective] > causing blushes

blushing1623

blushful1656

blush-making1924

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > honour > [noun] > conferring of honour > an) honour(s) or distinction

worshipOE

mensk?c1225

pre-eminence1433

honoura1500

pre-eminency1555

a feather in the cap, hat1581

garland1591

honorarium1609

honorary1610

blushing honours1623

signal1655

gayness1670

honourability1694

honourable mention1797

special mention1886

1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII iii. ii. 355 He..beares his blushing Honors thicke vpon him.

1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 163 Things..Gracefull in a Frends Mouth, which are Blushing in a Mans Owne.

1806 M. Edgeworth Leonora II. xlii. 7 To be handed into her own coach with all the blushing honours of a bride.

1858 A. Trollope Three Clerks I. xiii. 275 Alaric, with his blushing honours thick upon him, was left alone.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	blushing
释义	blushingn. /ˈblʌʃɪŋ/ Etymology: < blush v. + -ing suffix¹. The action of blush v. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > feeling of shame > blushing with shame or modesty > [noun] reddingOE blushing1581 blush1595 the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > redness > [noun] > with blushing blushing1581 flushing1590 suffusion1700 flush1706 bloom1752 mantling1753 rouge1759 hectic1768 vermilion1787 smoking1862 mantle1897 the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > making or becoming red > [noun] > becoming red reddingOE blushing1581 rubescence1799 rubricity1800 the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > manifestation of emotion > [noun] > physical feeling resulting from emotion > reddening of face > action of reddingOE blushing1581 crimsoning1789 1581 R. Goade in Confer. (1584) ii. sig. L iij b Worthy of hissing, and of blusshing too. 1648 W. Jenkyn Ὁδηγος Τυϕλος i. 6 Even the sectaries read it with blushing. 1663 J. Spencer Disc. Prodigies (1665) 146 As the blushings of the Evening. 1872 C. Darwin Expression Emotions Man & Animals xiii. 310 Blushing is the most peculiar, and the most human of all expressions. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2018). blushingadj. Etymology: Formed as blush v. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈblushing. 1. a. That blushes; modest. Also used, often somewhat facetiously, with bride. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > feeling of shame > blushing with shame or modesty > [adjective] rosy1593 blushing1609 blushful1611 blushy1865 red-faced2002 1609 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. (ed. 2) at Bashfull Blushing, or shamefast. 1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 20 The modest matron, and the blushing maid. 1803 J. Porter Thaddeus of Warsaw xlvii. 428 Her blushing eyes were shedding tears of delight. 1859 C. Mackay Coll. Songs 240 Thus I won my blushing bride, One happy summer day. 1955 D. Lessing Proper Marriage i. i. 25 Martha remarked irritably that Dr. Stern was something of an old woman, ‘sitting all wrapped up behind his desk like a parcel in white tissue paper, being tactful to a blushing bride’. b. blushing bride n. the South African proteaceous plant Serruria florida; also its flower. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > African trees or shrubs > [noun] > protea or sugar-bush sugar-tree1705 wagenboom1790 suikerbos1818 sugar-bush1822 wagon-tree1822 Protea1824 blushing bride1917 1917 R. Marloth Flora S. Afr. 13 Blushing bride. Serruria florida..from one of the valleys of the upper Berg~river (Franschhoek). Flowering in winter. 1955 K. A. Thompson Great House vii. 213 The small, frail-looking pink protea called the Blushing Bride..was supposed to be extinct when he found it flowering in a tiny kloof in the Fransch Hoek Mountains. 2. Ruddy; roseate. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective] redeOE reodeOE ruddya1398 reddy?c1400 purple1415 rougea1425 redly1486 gules1503 red-coloured1547 guly1592 blushing1597 angrya1616 rubric1623 minious1646 nacarinea1648 ruddle1649 rubriform1704 carbuncly?1730 blushful1804 envermeiled1822 ablush1852 flammulated1872 pyrrhous1890 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iii. iii. 62 The blushing discontented Sunne. View more context for this quotation 1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. P8^v The blushing Apple, bashfull Peare. a1721 M. Prior Garland (R.) The dappled pink and blushing rose. 1805 R. Southey Madoc i. xiv. 139 Antic trees Shone with their blushing blossoms. 3. Causing blushes, shameful. Obsolete, except in blushing honours, in sense ‘causing blushes’, in imitation of Shakespeare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > feeling of shame > blushing with shame or modesty > [adjective] > causing blushes blushing1623 blushful1656 blush-making1924 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > honour > [noun] > conferring of honour > an) honour(s) or distinction worshipOE mensk?c1225 pre-eminence1433 honoura1500 pre-eminency1555 a feather in the cap, hat1581 garland1591 honorarium1609 honorary1610 blushing honours1623 signal1655 gayness1670 honourability1694 honourable mention1797 special mention1886 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII iii. ii. 355 He..beares his blushing Honors thicke vpon him. View more context for this quotation 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 163 Things..Gracefull in a Frends Mouth, which are Blushing in a Mans Owne. 1806 M. Edgeworth Leonora II. xlii. 7 To be handed into her own coach with all the blushing honours of a bride. 1858 A. Trollope Three Clerks I. xiii. 275 Alaric, with his blushing honours thick upon him, was left alone. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1581adj.1597
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