Bloomsday
Syllables: Blooms·day/ˈbluːmz.deɪ/
Bloomsday noun: an annual celebration (on 16 June, in Dublin and elsewhere) of the life of Irish writer James Joyce and the events depicted in his novel Ulysses.
Noun
Bloomsday (plural Bloomsdays)
- An annual celebration (on 16 June, in Dublin and elsewhere) of the life of Irish writer James Joyce and the events depicted in his novel Ulysses.
- I happened into a meeting of the James Joyce Society last Bloomsday (June 16) at the Gotham Book Mart in New York, an unlikely stop for me; for such gatherings usually have the odor of formaldehyde about them. But not this one.1993, William Kennedy, Riding the Yellow Trolley Car, →ISBN, page 132
Forms of Bloomsday
| plural | Bloomsdays |
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Origin of Bloomsday
From the name of Leopold Bloom, protagonist of Ulysses + -s- + day.
Questions about Bloomsday
- What does Bloomsday mean?
- Bloomsday means an annual celebration (on 16 June, in Dublin and elsewhere) of the life of Irish writer James Joyce and the events depicted in his novel Ulysses.
- What part of speech is Bloomsday?
- Bloomsday is a noun.
- How do you pronounce Bloomsday?
- Bloomsday is pronounced /ˈbluːmz.deɪ/.
- What is the plural of Bloomsday?
- The plural of Bloomsday is Bloomsdays.
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