Bluer
/ˈbluː.ə(ɹ)/ adj, noun
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A blue blazer, part of the school uniform at Harrow School. UK
"Bluer buttons illustrate the principle of 'keeping under'. The Knoll rule book states: 'It is a one year priv. [privilege] to have the bottom button on one's bluer undone [and] a three summer priv. to have all the buttons of one's bluer undone.'"
Adjective
- 1 comparative form of blue: more blue comparative, form-of
Example
More examples"When my father heard my wife was pregnant, he couldn't have talked a bluer streak."
Etymology
From blue + -er (“Oxford -er”). Used at Harrow School in London, United Kingdom.