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Definition of First blush
1. Noun. At the first glimpse or impression. "At first blush the idea possesses considerable intuitive appeal but on closer examination it fails"
Lexicographical Neighbors of First Blush
Literary usage of First blush
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"This at first blush sounds like an echo of William K. Vanderbilt's phrase, " D
the people." A tombstone might seem a strange place on which to find a ..."
2. The Practice of the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas, in Personal by William Tidd, Francis Joseph Troubat, Asa Israel Fish, Great Britain Court of Common Pleas, Great Britain Court of Exchequer, Great Britain Court of King's Bench (1856)
"... damages ought not to be weighed in a nice balance, but must be such as appear
at first blush to be outrageous, and indicate passion ..."
3. The Parables of Frederic Adolphus Krummacher by Frederic Adolphus Krummacher, Edward Dalziel, George Dalziel (1858)
"SAMUEL AND ELI; OR, THE first blush. THE boy Samuel ministered unto the Lord at
Shiloh before Eli the priest, and found favour with God and men; ..."
4. Dictionary of Idiomatic English Phrases by James Main Dixon (1891)
"At tile first blush or ai first blush—when one looks hastily for time first ...
P. At the first blush the landlord would appear to suffer most, ..."
5. Modern English: Its Growth and Present Use by George Philip Krapp (1909)
"Another phrase of the same kind is " at the first blush," as in the sentence, "
At the first blush it would seem that the poets were little concerned with ..."
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