Bloomsbury

[ bloomz-buh-ree, -bree ]

noun
  1. a residential and academic district in London, N of the Thames and Charing Cross. Artists, writers, and students living there have given it a reputation as an intellectual center.

adjective
  1. of or relating to a group of artists and writers who flourished in the early decades of the 20th century and were associated with the Bloomsbury section of London.

  2. of, pertaining to, following, or imitating the cultural and intellectual pursuits, interests, or opinions characteristic of this group.

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How to use Bloomsbury in a sentence

  • Tanqueray stood still in the doorway and watched, as he had stood once in the doorway of the house in Bloomsbury, watching Rose.

    The Creators | May Sinclair
  • Mansfield's house in Bloomsbury square was sacked and his splendid library, pictures, plate, and furniture destroyed.

  • Never had the Bloomsbury streets seemed so short, never the east side of the British Museum so few paces in length.

  • He dined silently and expeditiously at his club, and then made his way through the lighted streets to his lodgings in Bloomsbury.

    A Life Sentence | Adeline Sergeant
  • We now walked along as composedly as we could, but it was not without difficulty that we found our way into Bloomsbury Square.

    Hurricane Hurry | W.H.G. Kingston

British Dictionary definitions for Bloomsbury

Bloomsbury

/ (ˈbluːmzbərɪ, -brɪ) /


noun
  1. a district of central London in the borough of Camden: contains the British Museum, part of the University of London, and many publishers' offices

adjective
  1. relating to or characteristic of the Bloomsbury Group

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