blueness
[bloo-nis]
- the quality or state of being blue.
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Origin of blueness
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Historical Examples
At six o'clock in the cars all is gloom, blueness and sorrow faces.
Evening Round UpWilliam Crosbie Hunter
The blueness of the air has, in fact, been given as a solution of the blueness of the sky.
Fragments of science, V. 1-2John Tyndall
Upon the Goddess of Minerva was bestowed a surname to signify the blueness of her eyes.
CupologyClara
But it and the blueness returned if the window was shut for any time.
She had realized their blueness even in the dark of the auditorium.
Painted VeilsJames Huneker