bluesy

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/ˈbluːzi/

adjective

Characteristic of, or similar to, blues music.

OriginEnglish blues ← Middle English blew ← Anglo-Norman ble →
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Meanings

adjectivebluesy (comparative bluesier, superlative bluesiest)

comparative bluesier · superlative bluesiest

  1. informalentertainmentCharacteristic of, or similar to, blues music.

    When he entered the kitchen, Vida was folding clothes and singing along to some bluesy country music on the radio.

    2003, Toni Morrison, Love, Vintage (2016), page 46

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰleh₁-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*bʰleh₁wos
  4. Proto-Germanic*blēwaz
  5. Proto-West Germanic*blā
  6. Late Latinblāvus
  7. Anglo-Normanble
  8. Middle Englishblew
  9. Englishblue
  10. Englishblues
  11. Englishbluesy

From blues + -y.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with bluesy

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Anagrams

Busley
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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