blazen

English

Etymology

From blaze +‎ -en.

Verb

blazen (third-person singular simple present blazens, present participle blazening, simple past and past participle blazened)

1. (transitive) To set ablaze
   • 1867, Biennial Report, page 252:

     An active rival, who let no opportunity escape to enhance his own interest to the detriment of ours, was unsparing in his efforts to blazen his own glories, and prevent the Eastern world from discovering anything valuable beyond the Mississippi river.

2. (intransitive) To be ablaze
   • 1970, Levi Lamoni Wight, The reminiscences and Civil War letters of Levi Lamoni Wight:

     We were on the left center, Mosleys battery on our left, brave men melting before the blazening cannon and chargeing Infantry one volley after another and dead men were in piles.

Anagrams

• benzal

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblaːzə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: bla‧zen
• Rhymes: -aːzən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch blâsen, from Old Dutch *blāsan, from Proto-West Germanic *blāsan, from Proto-Germanic *blēsaną.

Verb

blazen

1. (intransitive, sometimes transitive) to blow

   De bladeren bliezen in de wind.

   The leaves were blowing in the wind.

   Hij blaast zeepbellen.

   He is blowing soap bubbles.

2. (intransitive) to hiss (like a cat)

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

• Berbice Creole Dutch: blasi
• Negerhollands: blaas, aass, blaes
• Petjo: blazen
• → Papiamentu: blas

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

blazen

1. plural of blaas

Descendants

• → Papiamentu: blas

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *blaznъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blàːzən/

Adjective

blázən (comparative bláznejši, superlative nȁjbláznejši)

1. insane, mad
2. upset

Further reading

• “blazen”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran