blushing bride en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Originally a reference to a virgin bride who, lacking sexual experience, might be nervous about her wedding night.
Meanings
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A bride.
Dana Jackson was not your average blushing bride. You see, she went down the aisle on her 100th birthday.
2012, Melissa Locker, “Bride Ties the Knot on Her 100th Birthday”, in Time:My beautiful blushing bride, Sheila here, and I - We have come all the way up here to god’s green country to... Kill you. Clean you. And eat you.
2009, Benjamin Gilton, The Missing Dinner Guests:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| blushing brides | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (1)
fr une jeune mariée rougissante (a bride who is a virgin)