English Explanatory Dictionary

balmorality

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative form of Balmorality.
noun
  1. A superficial idealization of Scottish culture, especially the popularity engendered by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert's enthusiasm for Scotland.
  2. An act inspired by Balmorality.

Word forms

balmorality balmoralities

Etymology

From Balmoral + -ity, coined by George Scott-Moncrieff as the title of an essay published in Scotland in Quest of Her Youth (1932).

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