blaeness

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noun

The state or quality of being blue-grey.

Scrabble 10

Meanings

nounblaeness (uncountable)
  1. Northern EnglanduncountableThe state or quality of being blue-grey.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishbloones
  2. Middle Englishbloones
  3. Englishblaeness

Inherited from Middle English blones, bloones. By surface analysis, Scots blae + English -ness.

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APA

blaeness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blaeness

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“blaeness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blaeness. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blaeness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blaeness.

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