blake

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

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Definition

  1. noun visionary British poet and painter (1757-1827)

Etymology

From Middle English blak, blac (“pale”), from Old English blāc (“pale, pallid, wan, livid; bright, shining, glittering, flashing”) and Old Norse bleikr (“pale; yellow, pink; any non-red warm color”); both from Proto-Germanic *blaikaz (“pale; shining”). Compare Scots bleg (“light, drab”). More at bleak.

In classic literature

Synonyms

William Blake

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