blastoderm

Updated: May 5, 2025

Then men threw sofa-cushions at him and told him to go to any particular place he might believe in. They christened him the "Blastoderm" he said he came from a family of that name somewhere, in the pre-historic ages and, by insult and laughter, strove to choke him dumb, for he was an unmitigated nuisance at the Club; besides being an offence to the older men.

Rudyard Kipling - Plain Tales from the Hills