blusher

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈblʌʃər/ UK /ˈblʌʃə/ See IPA manual

noun

Meanings

1

noun
a cosmetic for adding color to the cheeks; also one who blushes

A touch of blusher gave her pale cheeks a warmer glow.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a cosmetic for adding color... rouge blushmakeup

Word family

Related forms blush

Etymology

From blush + -er; blush descends from Old English blyscan ('to glow red, blush'), related to blȳsa ('torch, firebrand'), from Proto-Germanic *blusōną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bhel- ('to shine').

blyscan Old English *bʰel- Proto-Indo-European

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

# blusher

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** ˈblʌʃər
**IPA (UK):** ˈblʌʃə

## Meanings
1. a cosmetic for adding color to the cheeks; also one who blushes

## Examples
- A touch of blusher gave her pale cheeks a warmer glow.

## Synonyms
- rouge
- blush
- makeup

## Related Forms
- blush

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: blyscan
- Root: *bʰel-

## Etymology
From blush + -er; blush descends from Old English blyscan ('to glow red, blush'), related to blȳsa ('torch, firebrand'), from Proto-Germanic *blusōną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bhel- ('to shine').

## AI Etymology
Blusher comes from blush + -er; blush descends from Old English blyscan ('to glow red, blush'), related to blȳsa ('torch, firebrand'), from Proto-Germanic *blusōną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bhel- ('to shine'). The historical trail runs through blyscan in Old English and *bʰel- in Proto-Indo-European. Morphologically, blusher is transparent: it draws on blush + -er. Used as a noun, blusher now means "a cosmetic for adding color to the cheeks; also one who blushes", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in related forms such as blush. The modern word remains analyzable through its parts, which makes the semantic connection unusually direct.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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