blueness
The quality or characteristic of being blue in colorThe quality or characteristic of being blue in color.
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» The ocean's supposed blueness comes entirely from the sky.
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2 senses(uncountable, usually)The quality or characteristic of being blue in color.
Bläue
blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime
(uncountable, usually)Melancholy.
Examples
3 sentencesThe ocean's supposed blueness comes entirely from the sky.
The ocean's blueness comes from the same atmospheric conditions that make the sky blue.
I just want to hop into my boat and sally forth into the great blueness.
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From blue + -ness.From blue + -ness.
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Forms
plural: bluenesses| Singular | blueness |
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uncountable
Synonyms
36 synonyms- blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime:blue
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.