Bloomsday

Blooms·day
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/ˈbluːmz.deɪ/

noun

An annual celebration (on 16 June, in Dublin and elsewhere) of the life of Irish writer James Joyce and the events depicted in his novel Ulysses.

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Meanings

nounBloomsday (plural Bloomsdays)

plural Bloomsdays

  1. An annual celebration (on 16 June, in Dublin and elsewhere) of the life of Irish writer James Joyce and the events depicted in his novel Ulysses.

    I happened into a meeting of the James Joyce Society last Bloomsday (June 16) at the Gotham Book Mart in New York, an unlikely stop for me; for such gatherings usually have the odor of formaldehyde about them. But not this one.

    1993, William Kennedy, Riding the Yellow Trolley Car, →ISBN, page 132

Origin

From the name of Leopold Bloom, protagonist of Ulysses + -s- + day.

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APA

Bloomsday. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bloomsday

MLA

“Bloomsday.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bloomsday. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Bloomsday,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bloomsday.

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