blee

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, poetic, rare, uncountable) Color, hue.
2. (archaic, countable, uncountable) Color of the face, complexion, coloring.
3. (archaic, countable, uncountable) Consistency, form, texture.
4. (East-Anglia, countable, uncountable) General resemblance, likeness; appearance, aspect, look.

Intj

Expressing disgust or trepidation.

Translations

cromaticitat

Chromatizität

Farbe

Schattierung

Tönung

χροιά

colore

sfumatura

colorito

cromaticità

tonalita

chromaticiteit

matís

matiz

nuança

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bliː/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: blee

Inherited from Old English: blēo

Cognate with Scots: ble

Cognate with Old Frisian: blī

Cognate with Northern Frisian: bläy

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: Bläier

Cognate with Middle Dutch: blie

In summary

From Middle English blee, ble, from Old English blēo, bleoh (“color, hue; complexion, form”), from Proto-West Germanic *blīu (“color, blee”).
Cognate with Scots ble, blee, blie (“color, complexion”), Old Frisian blī, blie (“color, hue; complexion”) (whence North Frisian bläy, Saterland Frisian Bläier), Middle Dutch blie, blye (“color”). Doublet of bly.