Bloomsday
//ˈbluːmz.deɪ// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An annual celebration (on 16 June, in Dublin and elsewhere) of the life of Irish writer James Joyce and the events depicted in his novel Ulysses.
"I happened into a meeting of the James Joyce Society last Bloomsday (June 16) at the Gotham Book Mart in New York, an unlikely stop for me; for such gatherings usually have the odor of formaldehyde about them. But not this one."
Example
More examples"I happened into a meeting of the James Joyce Society last Bloomsday (June 16) at the Gotham Book Mart in New York, an unlikely stop for me; for such gatherings usually have the odor of formaldehyde about them. But not this one."
Etymology
From the name of Leopold Bloom, protagonist of Ulysses + -s- + day.
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