Scotch blue

noun

A dark shade of blue-magenta.

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Meanings

nounScotch blue (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA dark shade of blue-magenta.
adjectiveScotch blue (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf a dark shade of blue-magenta.

    But there was no mistaking those eyes of hers, Scotch blue and uncompromisingly direct in their gaze.

    1919, B.M. Bower, chapter 9, in Rim o' the World
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APA

Scotch blue. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Scotch%20blue

MLA

“Scotch blue.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Scotch%20blue. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Scotch blue,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Scotch%20blue.

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