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Definition blee

Etymology 1

From Middle English blee, ble (“colour, hue”), from Old English bl?o, bleoh (“colour, hue; complexion, form”), from Proto-Germanic *bl?w? (“colour, blee; glad, light”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?ley-, *b?lew- (“light, pleasant; fair (of weather)”). Cognate with Scots ble, blee, blie (“colour, complexion”), Old Frisian bl?, blie (“colour, hue; complexion”) (whence North Frisian bläy), Old Saxon bl? (“colour, hue; complexion”), Old High German bl?o(h) (“colour, hue”), bl?o (“metallic lead”) (modern German Blei), Danish bly (“lead”), Icelandic blý (“lead”). Perhaps related to Old English bl?þe (“joyous”) (whence blithe). See also bly.

Noun

blee (countable and uncountable, plural blees)

1. (rare, chiefly poetic) Colour, hue. [from 9th to early 17th c.]
2. (archaic) Colour of the face, complexion, colouring. [from 9th to early 17th c.]
3. (archaic) Consistency, form, texture. [from 9th to early 17th c.]
4. (East Anglia) General resemblance, likeness; appearance, aspect, look.

Etymology 2

Associated with Smash Hits magazine, where it may have originated.

Interjection

blee

1. (informal) Expressing disgust or trepidation.

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