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indigo

noun
/ˈɪn.dɪˌɡəʊ/UK/ˈɪndɪˌɡoʊ/US/ˈɪn.dɪˌɡo/

Etymology

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.

  1. derived from ἰνδικόν — “Indian dye”
  2. derived from indicum — “indigo”
  3. derived from endego
  4. derived from índigo

Definitions

  1. A purplish-blue color.

  2. A greenish dark blue color

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

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

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

  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. An indigo plant, such as from species in genera Indigofera, Amorpha (false indigo),…

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

      • A Southern planter has been sowing indigo and cotton together. Perhaps he contemplates raising blue cotton; and should he wa­ter the plants with nitric acid, he would probably raise gun cotton—if any.

    2. having a deep purplish-blue colour

    3. A local government area in north-east Victoria, Australia, named after Indigo Valley

      A local government area in north-east Victoria, Australia, named after Indigo Valley; in full, the Shire of Indigo.

    4. A female given name.

      • Details of Thunberg’s charge came as Just Stop Oil said its cofounders, Indigo Rumbelow and Roger Hallam, were arrested on Wednesday morning following dawn raids at their homes.

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Derived

Birdsville indigo, Chinese indigo, Eastern indigo snake, false blue indigo, false indigo, green indigo, Guatemalan indigo, hendigo, indigoberry, indigobird, indigo bird, indigo blue, indigo brown, indigo bunting, indigo carmine, Indigo child, indigo copper, indigoferous, indigogen, indigoid, indigo red, indigo snake, indigo white, indin, indium, indogen, indole, Japanese indigo, Natal indigo, wild indigo, yellow false indigo

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA