blue-rinsed

adjective

: having white or gray hair that has been tinted blue with a rinse : blue-haired

… the formidable blue-rinsed doyenne of decorating.

—Vogue, September 1999

He has used aggressive pronouncements about his sexuality to offend not only the blue-rinsed portion of his musical admirers but also members of the gay community.

—Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 20 Dec. 1999

He'd wink knowingly at his blue-rinsed audience, …

—Richard Coles, Times Literary Supplement, 13 Oct. 2000

Word History

First Known Use

1944, in the meaning defined above

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