blight
11blight|ed — «BLY tihd», adjective. afflicted with blight; blasted: »A blighted spring makes a barren year (Samuel Johnson). Figurative. A blighted area is a district of a city that is on the way toward becoming a slum (Emory S. Bogardus) …
12Blight|y — or Blight|y «BLY tee», noun. British Slang. 1. England; home (used originally by soldiers on foreign service). 2. a wound that sends a soldier home. ╂[< Hindustani bilāyatī foreign, European < Arabic wilāyat province, government] …
13blight|y — or Blight|y «BLY tee», noun. British Slang. 1. England; home (used originally by soldiers on foreign service). 2. a wound that sends a soldier home. ╂[< Hindustani bilāyatī foreign, European < Arabic wilāyat province, government] …
14blight — index calamity, casualty, damage, decay, destroy (efface), disaster, distress (anguish) …
15blight|er — «BLY tuhr», noun. 1. a person or thing that blights. 2. British Slang. a) a contemptible man; scoundrel: »One day the District Attorney will bring the smug blighter to book for some of his questionable devices (Listener). b) any man; fellow: »the …
16blight — blightingly, adv. /bluyt/, n. 1. Plant Pathol. a. the rapid and extensive discoloration, wilting, and death of plant tissues. b. a disease so characterized. 2. any cause of impairment, destruction, ruin, or frustration: Extravagance was the… …
17blight — n. 1) to cast, put a blight on, upon 2) a potato blight 3) urban blight 4) a blight on (a blight on one s honor) * * * [blaɪt] put a blight on upon a potato blight to cast urban blight a blight on (a blight on one s honor) …
18blight — blight1 [blaıt] n 1.) [singular,U] an unhealthy condition of plants in which parts of them dry up and die 2.) [singular] something that makes people unhappy or that spoils their lives or the environment they live in blight on ▪ Her guilty secret… …
19blight — {{11}}blight (n.) 1610s, origin obscure; according to OED it emerged into literary speech from the talk of gardeners and farmers, perhaps ultimately from O.E. blæce, blæcðu, a scrofulous skin condition and/or from O.N. blikna become pale. Used in …
20Blight — This interesting surname is often confused with the surname Bligh and Blythe . It is not clear why this should be so. Blight derives from the Olde English pre 6th century baptismal or given name Blitha , which means Merry or Gentle , and as such… …
