blewe
English
Etymology
See blue.
Noun
blewe (countable and uncountable, plural blewes)
- Obsolete form of blue.
Adjective
blewe (comparative more blewe, superlative most blewe)
- Obsolete form of blue.
- 1902 (reprint), Francis Bacon, ed. Helen Milman, Of Gardens, page 12:
- ...the White, the Purple, and the Blewe;...
Anagrams
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman blew; from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz. See also blo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈblɛu(ə)/
- Rhymes: -ɛu(ə)
Adjective
blewe
Descendants
References
- “bleu, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29 March 2018.
Noun
blewe
Descendants
References
- “bleu, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29 March 2018.
See also
whit | grey, hor | blak |
red; cremesyn, gernet | citrine, aumbre; broun, tawne | yelow, dorry, gul; canevas |
grasgrene | grene | |
plunket; ewage | asure, livid | blewe, blo, pers |
violet; inde | rose, murrey; purpel, purpur | claret |