Definitions For Blee

Etymology 1

From Middle English blee, blee, ble, colour#noun, colour, hue, from , bleoh, , colour, hue; complexion, form#noun, form, from , from , *bʰlew-, , light, pleasant; fair#adjective, fair (of weather#noun, weather). Cognate with , blee, blie, , colour, complexion, , blie, , colour, hue; complexion (whence ), , , blīo, , metallic lead#noun, lead (modern ), , . Perhaps related to (whence blithe). See also bly.

Noun

BLEE. (countable and uncountable, plural BLEEs) (rare, chiefly, poetic) colour#noun, colour, hue. from 9th to early 17th c. (archaic) Colour of the face#noun, face, complexion, colouring. from 9th to early 17th c. (archaic) consistency, consistency, form#noun, form, texture#noun, texture. from 9th to early 17th c. (East Anglia) General resemblance, likeness; appearance, aspect, look.

Synonyms

color, colour hue complexion

Related terms

bly

Translations

Etymology 2

Associated with magazine, where it may have originated.

Interjection

(informal)

Anagrams

Ebel, Eble, Elbe, beel, bélé