blimpish

[blim-pish]

adjective

(sometimes initial capital letter)

1. pompously reactionary.

   the blimpish attitudes of the old colonialists.

Other Word Forms

• blimpishly adverb
• blimpishness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of blimpish¹

First recorded in 1935–40; Colonel Blimp + -ish ¹

Example Sentences

Huntington, a lifelong Democrat, was accused of blimpish conservatism, jingoism or worse.

From New York Times

In one, a female guard stands sentinel over her road crossing, shot from the side like a piece of street furniture, a blimpish white overcoat tethered to two tiny ankles.

From The New Yorker

The blimpish Mr. Pinfold is besieged and bombarded in his cabin by auditory hallucinations: dogs, jazz, church services, malign engineers from the BBC.

From New York Times