intj
Meaning 1
Expressing disgust or trepidation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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Standard Lemma guide
blee
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Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /bliː/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -iː
name
Meaning 2
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
Color, hue.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, poetic, uncountable
Qualifier: otherwise archaic
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noun
Meaning 4
Color of the face, complexion, coloring.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
Consistency, form, texture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 6
General resemblance, likeness; appearance, aspect, look.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: East-Anglia, countable, uncountable
Qualifier: otherwise archaic
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History
Etymology
Associated with Smash Hits magazine, where it may have originated.
From the Cornish and Irish surname, variant of Bligh.
From Middle English blee, ble, from Old English blēo, bleoh (“color, hue; complexion, form”), from Proto-West Germanic *blīu (“color, blee”). Cognate with Scots ble, blee, blie (“color, complexion”), Old Frisian blī, blie (“color, hue; complexion”) (whence North Frisian bläy, Saterland Frisian Bläier), Middle Dutch blie, blye (“color”). Doublet of bly.
Across languages
Translations
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Polish: barwa — Translations
- Polish: kolor — Translations