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blain

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Scrabble points
7
Words With Friends
10
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/bleɪn/

Definition of blain

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A skin swelling or sore; a blister; a blotch.
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noun

  1. A skin swelling or sore; a blister; a blotch.

name

  1. A surname.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.

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Etymology

From Middle English blein, from Old English bleġen, bleġene, from Proto-Germanic *blajinǭ, *blajjinǭ, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to swell up”). Cognate with West Frisian blein (“blain”), Dutch blein, blegn (“blain”), Middle Low German bleine (“blain”). Related also to dialectal Norwegian bleime (“blister”), Old Swedish blēma (“blister”), French bleime (“an inflammation of a horse's hoof”).

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