blessed

Etymology

adj

  1. Having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing.
  2. (Roman Catholicism) A title indicating the beatification of a person, thus allowing public veneration of those who have lived in sanctity or died as martyrs.
  3. Held in veneration; revered.
    ‘My blessed Public must have a pretty girl’s face. Romance isn’t romance, adventure is as dull as dishwater...to my Public...unless, every so often, a face to sink a thousand ships, or is it saps? shows up.’ 1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 6
  4. Worthy of worship; holy.
  5. (informal, euphemistic) damned (as an intensifier or vehement denial)
    Not one blessed person offered to help me out.
    I'm blessed if I'm going to drive all that way at this time of night.

verb

  1. simple past and past participle of bless

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