US /ˈbluːnəs/ UK /ˈbluːnəs/
noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    the quality or state of being blue in color

    The deep blueness of the alpine lake astonished every visitor.

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1 noun · the quality or state of... azureceruleansapphire
Word family
Related forms bluebluish

Etymology

From blue + -ness; blue is from Middle English blewe, from Old French bleu, of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bhel- ('to shine, gleam').

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