Blueness

//ˈbluːnəs// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality or characteristic of being blue in color. uncountable, usually

    "In an atlas, too, the land is man's, and all coloured to show his claim to it — in vivid contrast to the universal independent blueness of the sea."

  2. 2
    blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime wordnet
  3. 3
    Melancholy. uncountable, usually

Synonyms

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azurebluebluebluescrestfallennesscyanosis

Example

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"The ocean's supposed blueness comes entirely from the sky."

Etymology

From blue + -ness.

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