Meanings
- Northern EnglanduncountableThe state or quality of being blue-grey.
Origin
- Middle Englishbloones
- Middle Englishbloones
- Englishblaeness
Inherited from Middle English blones, bloones. By surface analysis, Scots blae + English -ness.
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blaeness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blaeness
“blaeness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blaeness. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blaeness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blaeness.
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