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blue-black

[ bloo-blak ]

adjective

  1. black with bluish highlights.


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Other Words From

  • blue-blackness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of blue-black1

First recorded in 1815–25

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Example Sentences

Leo stood in front of the Crab, and the half darkness allowed him a glimpse of that vast blue-black back, and the motionless eyes.

So he sat quietly on his horse, revolver in hand, his blue-black eyes staring angrily at the coming storm.

Thurstane's blue-black eyes studied this enigmatic being steadily and almost angrily.

He was of the extreme brunette type, his hair blue-black, his black eyes keen and piercing and always on the move.

The sky had darkened up with a great blue-black storm-cloud rushing over, and they hadn't noticed it.

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