Bloom

proper nouncommon in dialogue

//bluːm//

A surname.

proper noun

1
A surname.
Jay Bloom described the experience of learning what happened to the Titan as “very surreal”.
2
A place in the United States: A ghost town in Otero County, Colorado.
3
A place in the United States: An unincorporated community and township in Ford County, Kansas.
4
A place in the United States: A town in Richland County, Wisconsin.
5
A place in the United States: A number of other townships, including in Illinois, Kansas (2 or 3), Minnesota, Ohio (5), and Pennsylvania, listed under Bloom Township.

Etymology

English and Jewish surname converged from several origins: * Middle English blom (“ingot”), from Old English blōma (“lump of iron”) * Swedish Blom * Dutch Bloem, see bloem (“flower”) * Spelling variant of Blum

bloodthirsty · Thirsty for blood: inexorably violent or eager for bloodshed;…bloody · Covered in blood.bloom · A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud.

Bloom · A surname.

blooming · Opening in blossoms; flowering.blossom · A flower, especially one indicating that a fruit tree is…Blossom · A hamlet in New York.

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