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Definition of Blues
1. Noun. A type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes.
Terms within: Blue Note
Specialized synonyms: Boogie, Boogie-woogie
2. Noun. A state of depression. "He had a bad case of the blues"
Definition of Blues
1. Noun. (plural of blue) ¹
2. Noun. (informal) A feeling of sadness or depression. ¹
3. Noun. (context: singular or plural informal) One's particular life experience, particularly including the hardships one has faced. ¹
4. Noun. A musical form, African-American in origin, generally featuring an eight-bar or twelve-bar structure and using the blues scale. ¹
5. Noun. (music always singular) A musical composition following blues forms. ¹
6. Noun. A uniform made principally of a blue fabric. ¹
7. Noun. (context: sports) Any of a number of sports teams which wear blue kit. ¹
8. Verb. (third-person singular of blue) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Blues
1. blue [v] - See also: blue
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blues
Literary usage of Blues
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire by Edward Gibbon (1881)
"A secret attachment to the family or sect of Anastasius was imputed to the greens;
the blues were zealously devoted to the cause of orthodoxy and Justinian ..."
2. The Wit and Humor of America by Marshall Pinckney Wilder (1911)
"A DOS'T O' blues BY JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY I' got no patience with blues at all!
And I ust to kindo talk Aginst 'em, and claim, 'tel along last Fall, ..."
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