Balmorality
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Alternative form of Balmorality. alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
"Would I injure your admirable balmorality, my dear friend ?"
- 2 A superficial idealization of Scottish culture, especially the popularity engendered by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert's enthusiasm for Scotland. countable, uncountable
"The most obvious way is to buy a home in the country, or at the very least to know how to behave during a weekend in the country; and in order to play thepart, to get kitted out in green wellies, jackets, thick-soled shoes and Viyella shirts, all in a fawning copy of the Balmorality of the modern Royals."
- 3 An act inspired by Balmorality. countable, uncountable
"What has come over them all ? Is this a bad day with the Balmoralities ?"
Example
More examples"Would I injure your admirable balmorality, my dear friend ?"
Etymology
From Balmoral + -ity, coined by George Scott-Moncrieff as the title of an essay published in Scotland in Quest of Her Youth (1932).
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