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indigo.

A purplish-blue color.

6 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɪn.dɪˌɡəʊ/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɪndɪˌɡoʊ/US/ˈɪn.dɪˌɡo/Scotland/ˈɪn.dɪˌɡoː/Wales
  1. A purplish-blue color.

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  2. A greenish dark blue color; the color of indigo dye.

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  3. A blue-colored dye obtained from certain plants (indigo plant or woad), or a similar synthetic dye.

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  4. An indigo plant, such as from species in genera Indigofera, Amorpha (false indigo), Baptisia (wild indigo), and Psorothamnus and Dalea (indigo bush).

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Where this word comes from

16th century (as indico, modern spelling from the 17th century), Spanish índigo, Portuguese endego (modern índigo), or Dutch (via Portuguese) indigo, all from Latin indicum (“indigo”), from Ancient Greek ἰνδικόν (indikón, “Indian dye”), from Ἰνδία (Indía). Doublet of Indic.

adj/ˈɪn.dɪˌɡəʊ/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɪndɪˌɡoʊ/US/ˈɪn.dɪˌɡo/Scotland/ˈɪn.dɪˌɡoː/Wales
  1. having a deep purplish-blue colour

Where this word comes from

16th century (as indico, modern spelling from the 17th century), Spanish índigo, Portuguese endego (modern índigo), or Dutch (via Portuguese) indigo, all from Latin indicum (“indigo”), from Ancient Greek ἰνδικόν (indikón, “Indian dye”), from Ἰνδία (Indía). Doublet of Indic.

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