bluishadj.

Brit.

/ˈbluːɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈbluɪʃ/

Forms: Middle English blewisch, Middle English blewissh, 1500s blewishe, 1500s blewisshe, 1500s–1700s blewish, 1500s– bluish, 1700s– blueish.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: blue adj., -ish suffix¹.

Etymology: < blue adj. + -ish suffix¹.

Somewhat blue; tending towards blue; having a tinge of blue.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > [adjective] > bluish

bluisha1398

perse-blue1414

azury1600

bluey1727

blue-bleak1877

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. xli. 1191 Water is blewissh [L. cerulei] of colour.

1566 W. Adlington tr. Apuleius .XI. Bks. Golden Asse x. xlvi. f. 113^v Her smocke was blewishe as arriued from the sea.

1586 W. Warner Albions Eng. iv. xx. 86 Her snowish Necke, with blewish Vaynes.

1613 G. Markham Eng. Husbandman: 1st Pt. Former Pt. v. sig. C3 That blewish earth mixt with white is nothing else but very rich Marle.

1660 G. H. tr. M. de Vaumorière Grand Scipio ii. i. 119 Her eyes were blewish, well open'd and very sweet.

1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho III. x. 345 The blueish tint, that pervaded their shadowy recesses.

1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. 28 Her face was ghastly pale, and perhaps rendered more so by the bluish light of the fire.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. §7. 261 Thin milk, when poured upon a black surface, appears bluish.

1913 D. H. Lawrence Sons & Lovers viii. 206 ‘By Jove!’ he cried, flinging open the oven-door. Out puffed the bluish smoke and a smell of burned bread.

1966 H. Kemelman Sat. Rabbi went Hungry iv. 22 A tall, heavy man, swarthy, with bluish jowls and heavy black eyebrows.

2005 L. Rice Summer's Child xvii. 230 Rose's bluish skin tone was due to cyanosis—reduced blood flow to the lungs.

Compounds

C1. Modifying colour words to form nouns and adjectives, as bluish-brown, bluish-green, bluish-grey, bluish-purple, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > grey or greyness > [adjective] > bluish grey

glawke1412

perse-blue1414

waterisha1425

blunket1488

bluish-grey1578

blue-grey1590

water1592

slate-grey1794

slate-coloured1801

griseous1819

neutral1821

slaty1822

schistous1858

slatish1860

powder-blue-grey1952

the world > matter > colour > named colours > purple or purpleness > [adjective] > bluish purple

violet1370

blue-violeta1382

blue-purple?a1425

violet-coloured1552

bluish-purple1578

ianthine1609

amethystine1651

amethyst1807

pansy purple1814

violety1831

violescent1847

violetish1871

pansy-coloured1891

the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [adjective] > bluish green

glaucy1593

sea-green1603

wave-green1626

aeruginous1646

glaucous1671

eruginary1681

verdazurine1681

blue-green1704

bluish-green1754

caesious1835

verditer1857

verd-azure1876

verdigrisy1897

the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [adjective] > bluish brown

bluish-brown1792

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. xiv. 164 The small leaues & buddes of the floures, are all of a fayre blewish purple colour.

1671 J. Webster Metallographia xiii. 201 A blewish-grey stone, in some places intermixt with white spar.

1754 J. Hill Useful Family Herbal 1 The Leaves are of a bluish Green.

1792 Gentleman's Mag. 62 i. 113 The capitulum is..bluish brown.

1852 H. W. Dulcken tr. I. L. Pfeiffer Visit Holy Land, Egypt, & Italy xii. 196 In the remote distance glitters a mighty stripe of bluish-green.

1899 Daily News 14 Jan. 5/1 The eggs of the common fly-catcher..acquire a blueish-green shining colour.

1914 J. R. Kippax Call of Stars 15 White and bluish-white stars, such as Sirius,..are young in the order of evolution, and are at full glow.

1998 A. Taylor Suffocating Night xii. 86 A bluish-pink stain like a large bruise marked the left-hand side of his face.

2009 U. McGovern & P. Jenner Lost Lore 319 The little bluish-violet flowers are in clusters along the stems.

C2. Parasynthetic, as bluish-coloured, bluish-faced, bluish-lined, bluish-tinged, etc.

ΚΠ

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 295 The gray or blewish spotted [horse] is fittest for the hunting of the Hart, the bright bay for the Beare.

1753 D. Henry Hist. Descr. Westm.-Abbey 128 A lofty Pyramid of bluish coloured Marble.

1822 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 5 63 It appears to me to form a transition from the bluish petalled acaulescent Violae.

1838 C. Hering tr. G. H. G. Jahr Man. Homœopathic Med. 328 The internal canthi blueish tinged and swollen.

1869 Stamp-collector's Mag. 7 164/2 Three of the values have been reprinted..on the bluish-faced paper.

1900 Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. 43 618 The red pigment is extruded; bluish-lined and barred prawns becoming black-lined and black-barred.

a1997 R. Elman Namedropping (1998) 186 The bluish haired lady with the imperial glance and the handsome long chin was,of course, Hannah Arendt.

Derivatives

ˈbluishly adv.

ΚΠ

1803 W. O. Pughe Geiriadur Cynmraeg a Saesoneg: Welsh & Eng. Dict. II Glasloyw, bluishly bright.

1822 J. Neal Logan II. iv. 163 That candle! it was lighted last by the murderer himself..—it now burned bluishly and fitfully.

1985 I. Murdoch Good Apprentice ii. 213 The rain..had ceased and the surface of the road gleamed blueishly in the subdued light.

ˈbluishness n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > [noun] > bluishness

bluishness1611

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Lividitée Roannesse, bleakenesse, palenesse, blewishnesse.

1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum v. ciii. 696 Single leaves..with an eye of blewishnesse.

1790 J. Wedgwood in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 80 313 The usual bluishness, arising from the iron always found in the common acids.

1875 W. D. Howells Foregone Concl. 4 That transparent blueishness, which comes from much shaving of a heavy black beard.

1996 A. Theroux Secondary Colors 220 There is ‘spinach green’, which shows a distinct undertone of bluishness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	bluish
释义	bluishadj. Brit. /ˈbluːɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈbluɪʃ/ Forms: Middle English blewisch, Middle English blewissh, 1500s blewishe, 1500s blewisshe, 1500s–1700s blewish, 1500s– bluish, 1700s– blueish. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: blue adj., -ish suffix¹. Etymology: < blue adj. + -ish suffix¹. Somewhat blue; tending towards blue; having a tinge of blue. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > [adjective] > bluish bluisha1398 perse-blue1414 azury1600 bluey1727 blue-bleak1877 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. xli. 1191 Water is blewissh [L. cerulei] of colour. 1566 W. Adlington tr. Apuleius .XI. Bks. Golden Asse x. xlvi. f. 113^v Her smocke was blewishe as arriued from the sea. 1586 W. Warner Albions Eng. iv. xx. 86 Her snowish Necke, with blewish Vaynes. 1613 G. Markham Eng. Husbandman: 1st Pt. Former Pt. v. sig. C3 That blewish earth mixt with white is nothing else but very rich Marle. 1660 G. H. tr. M. de Vaumorière Grand Scipio ii. i. 119 Her eyes were blewish, well open'd and very sweet. 1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho III. x. 345 The blueish tint, that pervaded their shadowy recesses. 1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. 28 Her face was ghastly pale, and perhaps rendered more so by the bluish light of the fire. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. §7. 261 Thin milk, when poured upon a black surface, appears bluish. 1913 D. H. Lawrence Sons & Lovers viii. 206 ‘By Jove!’ he cried, flinging open the oven-door. Out puffed the bluish smoke and a smell of burned bread. 1966 H. Kemelman Sat. Rabbi went Hungry iv. 22 A tall, heavy man, swarthy, with bluish jowls and heavy black eyebrows. 2005 L. Rice Summer's Child xvii. 230 Rose's bluish skin tone was due to cyanosis—reduced blood flow to the lungs. Compounds C1. Modifying colour words to form nouns and adjectives, as bluish-brown, bluish-green, bluish-grey, bluish-purple, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > grey or greyness > [adjective] > bluish grey glawke1412 perse-blue1414 waterisha1425 blunket1488 bluish-grey1578 blue-grey1590 water1592 slate-grey1794 slate-coloured1801 griseous1819 neutral1821 slaty1822 schistous1858 slatish1860 powder-blue-grey1952 the world > matter > colour > named colours > purple or purpleness > [adjective] > bluish purple violet1370 blue-violeta1382 blue-purple?a1425 violet-coloured1552 bluish-purple1578 ianthine1609 amethystine1651 amethyst1807 pansy purple1814 violety1831 violescent1847 violetish1871 pansy-coloured1891 the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [adjective] > bluish green glaucy1593 sea-green1603 wave-green1626 aeruginous1646 glaucous1671 eruginary1681 verdazurine1681 blue-green1704 bluish-green1754 caesious1835 verditer1857 verd-azure1876 verdigrisy1897 the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [adjective] > bluish brown bluish-brown1792 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. xiv. 164 The small leaues & buddes of the floures, are all of a fayre blewish purple colour. 1671 J. Webster Metallographia xiii. 201 A blewish-grey stone, in some places intermixt with white spar. 1754 J. Hill Useful Family Herbal 1 The Leaves are of a bluish Green. 1792 Gentleman's Mag. 62 i. 113 The capitulum is..bluish brown. 1852 H. W. Dulcken tr. I. L. Pfeiffer Visit Holy Land, Egypt, & Italy xii. 196 In the remote distance glitters a mighty stripe of bluish-green. 1899 Daily News 14 Jan. 5/1 The eggs of the common fly-catcher..acquire a blueish-green shining colour. 1914 J. R. Kippax Call of Stars 15 White and bluish-white stars, such as Sirius,..are young in the order of evolution, and are at full glow. 1998 A. Taylor Suffocating Night xii. 86 A bluish-pink stain like a large bruise marked the left-hand side of his face. 2009 U. McGovern & P. Jenner Lost Lore 319 The little bluish-violet flowers are in clusters along the stems. C2. Parasynthetic, as bluish-coloured, bluish-faced, bluish-lined, bluish-tinged, etc. ΚΠ 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 295 The gray or blewish spotted [horse] is fittest for the hunting of the Hart, the bright bay for the Beare. 1753 D. Henry Hist. Descr. Westm.-Abbey 128 A lofty Pyramid of bluish coloured Marble. 1822 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 5 63 It appears to me to form a transition from the bluish petalled acaulescent Violae. 1838 C. Hering tr. G. H. G. Jahr Man. Homœopathic Med. 328 The internal canthi blueish tinged and swollen. 1869 Stamp-collector's Mag. 7 164/2 Three of the values have been reprinted..on the bluish-faced paper. 1900 Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. 43 618 The red pigment is extruded; bluish-lined and barred prawns becoming black-lined and black-barred. a1997 R. Elman Namedropping (1998) 186 The bluish haired lady with the imperial glance and the handsome long chin was,of course, Hannah Arendt. Derivatives ˈbluishly adv. ΚΠ 1803 W. O. Pughe Geiriadur Cynmraeg a Saesoneg: Welsh & Eng. Dict. II Glasloyw, bluishly bright. 1822 J. Neal Logan II. iv. 163 That candle! it was lighted last by the murderer himself..—it now burned bluishly and fitfully. 1985 I. Murdoch Good Apprentice ii. 213 The rain..had ceased and the surface of the road gleamed blueishly in the subdued light. ˈbluishness n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > [noun] > bluishness bluishness1611 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Lividitée Roannesse, bleakenesse, palenesse, blewishnesse. 1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum v. ciii. 696 Single leaves..with an eye of blewishnesse. 1790 J. Wedgwood in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 80 313 The usual bluishness, arising from the iron always found in the common acids. 1875 W. D. Howells Foregone Concl. 4 That transparent blueishness, which comes from much shaving of a heavy black beard. 1996 A. Theroux Secondary Colors 220 There is ‘spinach green’, which shows a distinct undertone of bluishness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.a1398
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