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blimp⋅ish

  [blim-pish]
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–adjective (sometimes initial capital letter)
pompously reactionary: the blimpish attitudes of the old colonialists.
Origin:
1935–40; Colonel Blimp + -ish 1

Related forms:
blimp⋅ish⋅ly, adverb
blimp⋅ish⋅ness, noun
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Blimp   (blĭmp)   
n.   Chiefly British
A pompous, reactionary, ultranationalistic person.

[After Colonel Blimp, a cartoon character invented by David Low (1891-1963).]
Blimp'ish adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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