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exclamation/bles/
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(British English, sometimes humorous)- used to show warm feelings for somebody because of something they have done
- ‘He bought us all a present.’ ‘Oh, bless!’
Word OriginOld English blēdsian, blētsian, based on blōd ‘blood’ (i.e. originally perhaps ‘mark or consecrate with blood’). The meaning was influenced by its being used to translate Latin benedicere ‘to praise, worship’, and later by association with bliss.
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