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Word: Blue
Speech Type: Adjective
Middle English: from Old French bleu, ultimately of Germanic origin and related to Old English blǣwen ‘blue’ and Old Norse blár ‘dark blue’ (see also blaeberry)
bluː
of a colour intermediate between green and violet, as of the sky or sea on a sunny day
Short Definition:of colour of sunny sky
Examples:- the clear blue sky
- a blue silk shirt
- deep blue eyes
(of a person or mood) melancholy, sad, or depressed
Short Definition:melancholy or sad
Examples:- he's feeling blue
(of a film, joke, or story) having sexual or pornographic content
Short Definition:pornographic or obscene
Examples:- a blue movie
politically conservative
Short Definition:politically conservative
Examples:- the successful blue candidate
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