Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bloomsday

/ˈbluːmz.deɪ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.40 in modern English

Syllables: Blooms-day
IPA: /ˈbluːmz.deɪ/

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From the name of Leopold Bloom, protagonist of Ulysses + -s- + day.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: -s-
Suffix: day

Inflected Forms

Bloomsdays (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce bloomsday?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbluːmz.deɪ/.
What does bloomsday mean?: 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.
Where does bloomsday come from?: From the name of Leopold Bloom, protagonist of Ulysses + -s- + day.

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