blighty

blight·y

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [blahy-tee]
- /ˈblaɪ ti/
- /ˈblaɪ.ti/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [blahy-tee]
- /ˈblaɪ ti/

Definitions of blighty word

proper noun blighty Blighty is a way of referring to England. 3
noun blighty England; home 3
noun blighty a slight wound that causes the recipient to be sent home to England 3
noun blighty leave in England 3
noun plural blighty (often initial capital letter) England as one's native land; England as home: We're sailing for old Blighty tomorrow. 1
noun plural blighty a wound or furlough permitting a soldier to be sent back to England from the front. 1

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Origin of blighty

First appearance:

before 1885

One of the 21% newest English words

1885-90; < Hindi bilāyatī the country (i.e., Great Britain), variant of wilāyatī vilayet

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Parts of speech for Blighty

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Blighty

blighty popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

blighty usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for blighty

noun blighty

albion — Britain or England
britain — Great Britain.
britannia — a female warrior carrying a trident and wearing a helmet, personifying Great Britain or the British Empire
commonwealth of nations — a voluntary association of independent nations and dependent territories linked by historical ties (as parts of the former British Empire) and cooperating on matters of mutual concern, especially regarding economics and trade.
great britain — an island of NW Europe, separated from the mainland by the English Channel and the North Sea: since 1707 the name has applied politically to England, Scotland, and Wales. 88,139 sq. mi. (228,280 sq. km).

All 7 Synonyms of blighty