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blee

Pronunciation: /bliː/

The English word “blee” has 5 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Color, hue.
  2. Color of the face, complexion, coloring.
  3. Consistency, form, texture.
  4. General resemblance, likeness; appearance, aspect, look.

interjection

  1. Expressing disgust or trepidation.

Etymology

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.

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