Main Entry: ¹blue

Pronunciation: \ˈblü\

Function: adjective

Inflected Form(s): blu·er; blu·est

Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French blef, blew, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German blāo blue; akin to Latin flavus yellow

Date: 13th century

1 : of the color blue
2 a : bluish <the blue haze of tobacco smoke> b : discolored by or as if by bruising <blue with cold> c : bluish gray <a blue cat>
3 a : low in spirits : melancholy b : marked by low spirits : depressing <a blue funk> <things looked blue>
4 : wearing blue
5 of a woman : learned, intellectual
6 : puritanical
7 a : profane, indecent <blue movie> b : off-color, risqué <blue jokes>
8 : of, relating to, or used in blues <a blue song>
9 : tending to support Democrats in a general election <blue states>

— blue·ly adverb

— blue·ness noun

— blue in the face : extremely exasperated