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 blue2 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 blue5of a woman : learned , intellectual6: puritanical7 a: profane , indecent <blue movie> b: off-color , risqué <blue jokes>8: of, relating to, or used in blues <a blue song>

— blue·ly adverb

— blue·ness noun

— blue in the face

: extremely exasperated

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