blümerant
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Germanized from French bleu mourant (“pale blue”, literally “dying blue”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]blümerant (strong nominative masculine singular blümeranter, not comparable)
- (dated) queasy
- 1865, Daheim: ein deutsches Familienblatt mit Illustrationen, page 196:
- „Blümerant !“ Mir wird ganz blümerant vor Augen! So ruft wohl, wer über eine hirnverbrannte Logik in Entsetzen geräth, oder wer aus Nervenschwäche einer Ohnmacht nahe ist.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
[edit]Positive forms of blümerant (uncomparable)
Further reading
[edit]- “blümerant” in Duden online
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