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blue (blo̵̅o̅)
adjective
- having the color of the clear sky or the deep sea
- having a bluish cast or tinge
Etymology: infl. by ME blo < ON blā, livid
livid: said of the skin- sad and gloomy; depressed or depressing
- balefully murky the air was blue with oaths
- puritanical; rigorous
- wearing blue garments Blue Nuns
- Informal indecent; risqué; suggestive
Etymology: ME & OFr bleu < Frank *blao < IE base *bhlē-wos, light-colored, blue, blond, yellow > L flavus, yellow, Brythonic blawr, gray, OE blæwen, blue, Ger blau
noun
- the color of the clear sky or the deep sea; any color between green and violet in the spectrum
- any blue pigment or dye
- bluing
- anything colored blue, as the third circle of an archer's target
- blue clothing
- a person or group wearing a blue uniform
- ☆ a Union soldier
- a sailor's blue uniform
- bluestocking
- ☆ bluefish
- blueline: usually used in pl.
out of the blue
the blue
- the sky
- the sea
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Alternate definitions:
blue
modif.
One of the primary colors
of the color of the sky, azure, cerulean, sky-blue. Hues of blue include: indigo, watchet, sapphire, sapphirine, turquoise, smalt, lapis lazuli, aquamarine, aqua, blue-black, blue-green; royal, Prussian, navy, Dumont's, king's, starch, powder, baby, Paris, cobalt, Antwerp, Haarlem, mineral, Parma, Napoleon, Chinese, robin's egg, pale, teal, sky, slate, light, dark, deep, livid, electric, etc., blue.
*Despondent
depressed, moody, melancholy; see sad 1.
once in a blue moon
blue
n.
One of the primary colors
blueness, bluing, azure, sky blue; see blue (modif.) 1, color 1.Heavens
sky, vault of the sky, ether, the wild blue yonder*; see heaven 1, sky, space 1.
out of the blue
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Converse of object
- banish: March 10th Town temporarily banish the away-day blues with a 2-2 draw at Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Adjective modifier
- pale: This meant that newer coaches appeared very pale blue in color, becoming more white or cream with time.
Modifies a noun
- sky: There where no allied aircraft to be seen anywhere in the blue sky.
Noun used with modifier
- methylene: Methylene blue is a good example of a polychrome stain, which in this context really does amount to unpredictability.
The word usage examples above have been gathered from various sources to reflect current and historical usage. They do not represent the opinions of YourDictionary.com.
I will get me a bottle of Boston sea And a blue-gum nigger to sing me blues. I am tired of loving a foreign muse.
The chic old blue-haired ladieschew in mute chandeliered isolation.
The blue ribbon of the turf.
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