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blossa

“blossa” is a Swedish word. Its 3 meanings in English:

verb

  1. flare, blaze
  2. blush
  3. puff (inhale tobacco smoke)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish blusa, likely equivalent to bloss + -a. Cognate of Danish blusse, Middle Low German blosen, Dutch blozen. Compare Old English blyscan, āblysian, English blush.

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