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blimpish
[ blim-pish ]
adjective
(sometimes initial capital letter)
- pompously reactionary:
the blimpish attitudes of the old colonialists.
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Other 51Թ Forms
- i· adverb
- i·Ա noun
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of blimpish1
First recorded in 1935–40; Colonel Blimp + -ish 1
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Huntington, a lifelong Democrat, was accused of blimpish conservatism, jingoism or worse.
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In one, a female guard stands sentinel over her road crossing, shot from the side like a piece of street furniture, a blimpish white overcoat tethered to two tiny ankles.
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The blimpish Mr. Pinfold is besieged and bombarded in his cabin by auditory hallucinations: dogs, jazz, church services, malign engineers from the BBC.
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