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Blue Blood, novel by Edward Conlon (born 1965), New York police officer and author; Blue Blood, a play by Georgia Douglas Johnson; Blue Blood and Mutiny, a 2007 book about bank Morgan Stanley; Blue Bloods (novel series), a series of vampire novels by Melissa de la Cruz, and the first book in the series
The term "blue blood" or being "blue-blooded" is rooted in nobility, with royals being dubbed as such. [1] The modern-day usage referring to an exclusive list of elite college basketball programs has an unclear history. [2]
Blue blood is an English idiom recorded since 1811 in the Annual Register [17] and in 1834 [18] for noble birth or descent; it is also known as a translation of the Spanish phrase sangre azul, which described the Spanish royal family and high nobility who claimed to be of Visigothic descent, [19] in contrast to the Moors. [20]
A blue blood, in Johnson’s view, is more of a historic honor than a contemporaneous one, belonging to teams that dominated the sport when it was gaining a foothold in the nation’s ...
Fallica said the blue blood title is more of a status symbol than anything, but the label, as arbitrary as it seems to be, still holds power. Blue bloods get the TV contracts. Blue bloods get into ...
Meaning Origin language and etymology Example(s) capill-of or pertaining to hair Latin capillus, hair capillus: capit-pertaining to the head as a whole Latin caput, capit-, the head capitation, decapitation carcin-cancer: Greek καρκίνος (karkínos), crab carcinoma: cardi-of or pertaining to the heart: Greek καρδία (kardía), heart ...
The term was invented in the New York Stock Exchange in 1923 or 1924, and comes from poker, where the highest value chips are blue. [101] Someone with blue blood is a member of the nobility. The term comes from the Spanish sangre azul, and is said to refer to the pale skin and prominent blue veins of Spanish nobles. [102]
Image credits: bglickstein #3. I noticed this when visiting museums, looking at old paintings: hands are often ‘hidden’, covered by flowers, clothing or they disappear in the shadows.