: colored
usually used in combination
green-hued

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Toward the base of the mountain (just off Park Loop Road), the 187-acre Jordan Pond offers a spectacular view of a multi-hued treeline against two rounded hills known as the Bubbles. Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 25 Aug. 2025 Expect to marvel at saddles blanketed in blueberries and multi-hued wildflowers, marmots trilling their warnings, ibex perched on rocky spines, and neon critters that wiggle and hop underfoot. Wendy Altschuler, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2025 There are some significant changes to Summer Fest this year, starting with the installation of eight giant, whimsical alebrijes, vividly hued animal statues designed and painted by artists from Oaxaca (including one of Angélico Jiménez’s Cat Nahual). Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2025 While scouting for bricks at New Jersey’s Perth Amboy Terracotta Company, Stan passed a stable constructed from oddly hued discards, failed experiments in mixing colors. Henry Wiencek july 22, Literary Hub, 22 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for hued

Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of hued was before the 12th century

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“Hued.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hued. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.

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