Brideshead
Brideshead adjective: suggestive of the traditional English upper classes.
Adjective
Brideshead (comparative more Brideshead, superlative most Brideshead)
- Suggestive of the traditional English upper classes.
- In many ways it is easier to penetrate the English elite if one hails from rural Wyoming than from cockney Cheapside. Many of the most "Brideshead" characters I met in Cambridge, for example, actually came from abroad. There was the German lawyer in my course who wore a different-colored paisley...1989, Macmillan Publishing Company, Virginia A. Arnold, Carl Bernard Smith, Connections: Macmillan reading program: grade 2, page 207
- Every staircase had its earl or an honourable, there was even a maharajah floating about the place. It was still very Brideshead but Johnnie never let such things stop him.2013, Michael Dobbs, A Ghost at the Door
- Synonyms:
- Bridesheadian
Synonyms of Brideshead
Forms of Brideshead
| comparative | more Brideshead |
|---|---|
| superlative | most Brideshead |
Origin of Brideshead
In reference to Brideshead Revisited, a 1945 novel by Evelyn Waugh.
Questions about Brideshead
- What does Brideshead mean?
- Brideshead means suggestive of the traditional English upper classes.
- What part of speech is Brideshead?
- Brideshead is an adjective.
Words near Brideshead in the dictionary
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