BLUE DEVILS Definition & Meaning

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blue devils

plural noun

low spirits; depression.
delirium tremens.

blue devils

plural noun

a fit of depression or melancholy
an attack of delirium tremens

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Origin of blue devils¹

First recorded in 1780–90

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"The only place in Trinidad and Tobago, and by extension the world, where you can find blue devils come Carnival Monday, is Paramin," Curdell says.

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The “blue devils” then gather at the town’s crossroads, spitting fake blood, to terrify the children of their neighbors, or of visitors from the island’s nearby capital of Port of Spain.

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“I’m well, but you sound like you’ve got a bit of the blue devils!”

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The blue devils were drawn up in formation in the middle of a big meadow cupped within hills.

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Archibald, duke of Argyle, was haunted by blue phantoms—the origin of our epithet for melancholy, "blue devils."

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