hue, chromaticity
(noun) the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength
imbue, hue
(verb) suffuse with color
hue
(verb) take on color or become colored; “In highlights it hued to a dull silver-grey”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
hue (countable and uncountable, plural hues)
A color, or shade of color; tint; dye.
The characteristic related to the light frequency that appears in the color, for instance red, yellow, green, cyan, blue or magenta.
(figuratively) A character; aspect.
(obsolete) Form; appearance; guise.
hue (plural hues)
(obsolete) A shout or cry.
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Hue
A port city in central Vietnam.
A Vietnamese province with that city as its capital.
• HEU
Source: Wiktionary
Hue, n. Etym: [OE. hew, heow, color, shape, form, AS. hiw, heow; akin to Sw. hy skin, complexion, Goth. hiwi form, appearance.]
1. Color or shade of color; tint; dye. "Flowers of all hue." Milton. Hues of the rich unfolding morn. Keble.
2. (Painting)
Definition: A predominant shade in a composition of primary colors; a primary color modified by combination with others.
Hue, n. Etym: [OE. hue, huer, to hoot, shout, prob. fr. OF. hu an exclamation.]
Definition: A shouting or vociferation. Hue and cry (Law), a loud outcry with which felons were anciently pursued, and which all who heard it were obliged to take up, joining in the pursuit till the malefactor was taken; in later usage, a written proclamation issued on the escape of a felon from prison, requiring all persons to aid in retaking him. Burrill.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 December 2024
(noun) (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; “thematic vowels are part of the stem”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
