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Definition of Black-and-blue
1. Adjective. Discolored by coagulation of blood beneath the skin. "Livid bruises"
Definition of Black-and-blue
1. Adjective. Badly bruised, with discolourations beneath the skin due to coagulation of blood ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Black-and-blue
Literary usage of Black-and-blue
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign of Henry VIII by John Sherren Brewer, Robert Henry Brodie, James Gairdner (1864)
"There were also 2 lords on horseback in coats of black and blue satin, and 9
waiters on foot ... 24 yds. black and blue sarcenet for coats for the waiters. ..."
2. Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by the by Friedrich Max Müller (1879)
"Though blue now does no longer mean black, we see in such expressions as " to
beat black and blue " the closeness of the two colors. In Old Norse, too, ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1907)
"BY- В (dilute) Y gives black and blue. Observed. 3. BY • B'Y gives black and
sooty yellow. Observed. Blue-Gray 1. В (dilute) Y А-В (dilute) YA should breed ..."
4. Logic by Christoph Sigwart (1895)
"Black and white are opposed in quite a different sense from that in which black
and blue are opposed ; the difference between the two relations is based ..."
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