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Madonna blue

Madonna blue noun: a shade of deep blue.

Noun

Madonna blue (uncountable)

  1. A shade of deep blue.
    • No doubt it had a beauty all its own, but beneath its fantastic, isolated blooms and leaves of Madonna blue, the gnarled roots sheltered a hundred varieties of poisonous reptiles and insects.1917 August, Cynthia Stockley, “Blue Aloes: The Strange Story of a Karoo Farm”, in Cosmopolitan, volume LXIII, number 3, page 30, column 1
    • A little Dutch bonnet for the tiny girl is made of Madonna blue broadcloth.1922, The Illustrated Milliner, page 57

Examples of Madonna blue in a sentence

  • She was wearing a gown of Madonna blue and looked very fragile and ethereal.1932, Agatha Christie, Peril at End House, page 85:
  • Tanks would be filled and the sprayers would move through the frilly groves of vine, covering each leaf, wrapping each bunch of green grapes in a delicate web of Madonna blue.1969, Gerald Durrell, Birds, Beasts and Relatives, London: Collins, page 236:
  • Twilight had fallen, of a pure Madonna blue.1971, Nicolas Freeling, The Lovely Ladies, Harper & Row, page 87:
  • She was painted on the plaster, her halo and the cross in her hand picked out in gold leaf, her mermaid’s tail a grand sweep of Madonna blue, lilac, and deep sea-green.2014, Shelley Adina, A Lady of Spirit (Magnificent Devices; book six), Moonshell Books, →ISBN:

Questions about Madonna blue

What does Madonna blue mean?
Madonna blue means a shade of deep blue.
How do you use Madonna blue in a sentence?
She was wearing a gown of Madonna blue and looked very fragile and ethereal.
What part of speech is Madonna blue?
Madonna blue is a noun.

Words near Madonna blue in the dictionary

  1. MaDonald
  2. Madongo
  3. Madonia
  4. Madonias
  5. madonna
  6. Madonna blue
  7. Madonna braid
  8. Madonna braids
  9. Madonna lilies
  10. Madonna lily
  11. Madonna piercing

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