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Word: Hue
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Old English hīw, hēow (also ‘form, appearance’, obsolete except in Scots), of Germanic origin; related to Swedish hy ‘skin, complexion’. The sense ‘colour, shade’ dates from the mid 19th century
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
hjuː
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a colour or shade
Short Definition:colour or shade
Examples:- the water is the deepest hue of aquamarine
- verdigris is greenish-yellow in hue
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