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blessure

/ˈblɛsjʊɚ/

blessure noun: injury.

Noun

blessure

  1. (obsolete, rare) injury
    • Then sent the emperor for S. Silvester and asked counsel of him of this matter. S. Silvester answered that by the might of God he promised to make him cease of his hurt and blessure of this people.1900, Jacobus de Varagine, translated by J. M. Dent, The Golden Legend
    • For such is faith, and such my blessure,
      that your fingertips
      heal with sweet and even pressure.1940, Hubert Creekmore, Personal Sun, the Early Poems of Hubert Creekmore, Decker Press, page 33

Origin of blessure

Borrowed from French blessure.

Questions about blessure

What does blessure mean?
Blessure means injury.
What part of speech is blessure?
Blessure is a noun.
How do you pronounce blessure?
Blessure is pronounced /ˈblɛsjʊɚ/.

Words near blessure in the dictionary

  1. Blessingers
  2. blessingly
  3. blessings
  4. blessings in disguise
  5. Blessington
  6. blessure
  7. blessworthy
  8. blessèd
  9. blest
  10. blet
  11. bletch

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