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Definition of Bluish
1. Adjective. Of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky. "Blue haze of tobacco smoke"
Definition of Bluish
1. a. Somewhat blue; as, bluish veins.
Definition of Bluish
1. Adjective. Having a tint or hue similar to or comprised of the colour blue. ¹
2. Adjective. (figuratively) Somewhat depressed; sad. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bluish
1. somewhat blue [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bluish
Literary usage of Bluish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1858)
"A little bluish ; bluish ; reddish towards the horizon ; yellow ; greenish towards
the horizon. August.—Reddish, 2 cases ; bluish ; bluish towards the ..."
2. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1829)
"crown, wing and tail black; belly bluish-white ; length five inches and ...
Crown black, body above gray; beneath bluish ash; wing-coverts and secondary ..."
3. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1822)
"The older animals contain the most grey and white ; under-size whales are altogether
of a bluish black, and suckers of a pale bluish, or bluish- grey colour ..."
4. Botany by Geological Survey of California, William Henry Brewer, Sereno Watson, Asa Gray (1876)
"292, а shrubby and hoary bluish-flowered »pecies, ... violet or bluish-purple:
leaves not cordate. ..."
5. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"A bluish or bluish-black mineral belonging to the amphibole or hornblende ...
Of a pale, luminous sea- green color ; of a bluish green or greenish blue ..."
6. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1916)
"For B. the blue and yellow areas cross each other; or, to put it in another way,
there are in the BY senes (i) an area that is bluish but not yellowish, ..."
7. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1908)
"73°-6i° Very dark gray 59°- bluish Outermost limit (bluish or blue) : 61 Left
Eye.1 oo°-65° Nothing 6o°-40° Dark gray 35°- bluish to blue 62°-so° Black ..."
8. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society by Royal Astronomical Society (1883)
"4-5, bluish-white. H/3 and II y very distinctly visible. I. a. K Ophiuchi, mag.
... 4-3, bluish-white. Brilliant spectrum with strong H/3 and Hy. ..."
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