blueth
/bluːθ/
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obsolete/bljuːθ/
blueth noun: the state of being blue; blueness.
Noun
blueth (uncountable)
- The state of being blue; blueness.
- I have long been mortified that for these three years you have seen it only in winter: it is now in the height of its greenth, blueth, gloomth, honey-suckle, and seringahood.1754, Horace Walpole, letter, 8 Jun 1754
- […] where it should appear lightly touched with blue. The bluth of the cheeks should rather be rich than glaring: […]1772, The Lady's Magazine Or Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex, volume 3
Examples of blueth in a sentence
- The sky and the distances, as you looked down the Etschthal, had what in Devonshire is called the "blueth" of Italy.1905 April, Catholic World:
- One sits — a small "one" among twenty thousand — drowned in liquid blueth (there ought to be such a word as blueth, even if there isn't) and drowned also in heavenly floods of music.1928, Alice M Williamson, Alice in Movieland:
Forms of blueth
| alternative form | bluth |
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Origin of blueth
From blue + -th (abstract nominal suffix).
Words that rhyme with blueth
Questions about blueth
- What does blueth mean?
- Blueth means the state of being blue; blueness.
- How do you use blueth in a sentence?
- The sky and the distances, as you looked down the Etschthal, had what in Devonshire is called the "blueth" of Italy.
- What part of speech is blueth?
- Blueth is a noun.
- How do you pronounce blueth?
- Blueth is pronounced /bluːθ/.
Words near blueth in the dictionary
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