Meaning of blustrification | Babel Free
blʌs.tɹɪf.ɪˈkeɪ.ʃənDefinitions
Boisterous celebration, carousal, or noisy outpouring.
colloquial, dated, rare, uncountable
Examples
“Cushin Cartridge, the tythe^([sic – meaning tithe])-proctor, pinshuner^([sic – meaning pensioner]), and police man, sends his love to ye, and says that your lether^([sic – meaning letter]) did put him in a big blustrification; […]”
“Christopher Murphy arrived from Ireland on Saturday last . . . and was kicking up a devil of a blustrification, when an officious watchman somewhat damped his raptures.”
“Party at mi casa. My wife and I made tamales stuffed with corned beef cooked in Guinness. A bi-cultural blustrification.”
“Yeah, right. More blustrification. What was it Harry Truman said? Something like, “If you can't convince 'em, confuse 'em.””
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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