bice
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9.9
- noun
- /baɪs/
- Archaic
Examples
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Reith went on: "If we succeed, ten thousand sequins will seem like ten bice."
Fiction book (1993) -
Bo Bice Dates:
Blog text (16) -
Kapenga was the star of the gossip columnist Daniel Bice's articles and Jeff Flemming's loser of the week on the Charlie Sykes show.
Blog text (2) -
Wollstadt, Shapiro, and Bice (1978) found average annual disenrollment rates for Medicaid beneficiaries of 42 percent overall, with a voluntary disenrollment rate of 23 percent.
Academic text (1993) -
The artist used bice to create a vivid sky in his painting.
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In her latest work, she incorporated bice to achieve the desired shade of blue.
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The mural featured bright colors, including a striking bice that caught everyone’s attention.
Synonyms
2
8.6
A light greenish-blue paint color often used for skies or seas
1
7.9
A bright deep blue colour used for paint and cloth
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bice names a blue or green pigment used in painting and comes from old French and Italian words for a dark colour. A helpful way to remember bice is to think of 'blue' because artists used it for blue and green shades, so the name points to its colour.