BLUE
ADJECTIVES
..700 ► HAW blue, azure; bluish, grayish-blue or greenish-blue; of a dull leaden blue → obs. exc. Sc.
1577 ► AZURINE blue, azure
1600 ► AZURY bluish
1611 ► TURKIN light blue → obs.
1622 ► CUMATICAL blue; of a sky colour → obs.
1623 ► CUMATIC blue; of a sky colour → obs.
1688 ► CYANEOUS deep blue, azure
1846 ► CYANEAN blue, of an azure colour
1847 ► AZURN of a blue colour → obs. (Bk.)
1882 ► AZUREAN blue, azure
1882 ► CYANESCENT of a dark bluish colour; inclining to cyaneous
1992 ► DANNY LA RUE blue, applied to any shade whether actual or figurative → UK rhyming sl.
NOUNS
1504 ► AZURY azure hue or colour → obs.
1831 ► ADELAIDE a dark blue colour
20C.. ► DANNY LA RUE anything blue, as a snooker ball, a dirty joke, or a pornographic video → Brit. rhyming sl.
VERBS
1898 ► BLUIFY to become blue → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
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