What does blue-blooded mean?
Blue-blooded means Aristocratic or patrician..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Aristocratic or patrician..
Fario was a withered little man, as ugly as though he were a blue-blooded grandee.
But, as I was saying, we listened and heard The Dowd drawl worse than ever. She drops her final g’s like a barmaid or a blue-blooded Aide-de-Camp.
The Major was the very type of a blue-blooded old aristocrat; he was all noblesse oblige to those within the magic circle of his intimacy—but alas for those outside it!
When I was thirty-five / It was a very good year / It was a very good year for blue-blooded girls / Of independent means / We'd ride in limousines
Use blue-blooded when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Blue-blooded means Aristocratic or patrician..
Common synonyms include blue, noble, aristocratic, aristocratical.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Fario was a withered little man, as ugly as though he were a blue-blooded grandee.
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