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Definition of Blueness
1. Noun. Blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime. "He had eyes of bright blue"
Generic synonyms: Chromatic Color, Chromatic Colour, Spectral Color, Spectral Colour
Specialized synonyms: Azure, Cerulean, Lazuline, Sapphire, Sky-blue, Powder Blue, Steel Blue, Prussian Blue, Dark Blue, Navy, Navy Blue, Aqua, Aquamarine, Cobalt Blue, Greenish Blue, Peacock Blue, Turquoise, Purplish Blue, Royal Blue, Ultramarine
Derivative terms: Blue, Blue
Definition of Blueness
1. n. The quality of being blue; a blue color.
Definition of Blueness
1. Noun. The state or quality of being blue. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Blueness
1. the state of being blue [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blueness
Literary usage of Blueness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Rhyming Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Whole Language by John Walker, John Longmuir (1902)
"... blueness, rueful, &c., and at the same time would preclude the possible mistake
which might arise if the simples blue and rue were not understood to be ..."
2. Plutarch's Lives by Plutarch, John Langhorne, William Langhorne (1823)
"It was conjectured, indeed, from the largeness of their stature, and the blueness
of their eyes, as well as because the Germans call banditti cimbri, ..."
3. Stevenson's Shrine: The Record of a Pilgrimage by Laura Stubbs (1903)
"... the beautiful "sapphire-spangled marriage-ring of the land," and down from us
to the blueness, and beyond us, to an infinitude of distance, ..."
4. General Science: A Book of Projects by Edgar Alden Bedford (1921)
"... and sunrise and of the blueness of the sky?—What are the chief colors of sunset
and sunrise? In the experiment, in which by means of the ..."
5. The Glaciers of the Alps: Being a Narrative of Excursions and Ascents, an by John Tyndall (1896)
"The juices of various plants owe their blueness to the same cause ; but perhaps
the most curious illustration is that presented by a blue eye. ..."
6. A Dictionary of Domestic Medicine: Giving a Description of Diseases by John Henry Clarke (1901)
"blueness and tendency to chilblains. Secale.—Numbness and cramps along with the
coldness. Nat. m.—In chilly subjects; constipation. Calc. c. ..."
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