adj
blake
blayk
adj
1
(archaic, dialectal) Pale yellow, like butter or aged cheese.
"The old recipe called for a blake, creamy wax to seal the cheese wheels."
name
1
A surname, and a unisex given name derived from it, popular for both boys and girls in modern usage.
"Blake started at art school this term."
How to Use Blake
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishMostly known today as a first or last name; the old color meaning ("pale yellow") is rare and largely obsolete.
Word Forms
blaker comparative, more blake comparative, Blakes plural, blakest superlative, most blake superlative
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Etymology
Curiously, this word has two opposite ancestors that collided into one spelling: an Old English word for "pale, shining" and its near-opposite, an Old English word for "black." Both fed into Middle English "blake."