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Word entry · 4 letters

teal

Best crossword clue

"Greenish blue"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /tiːl/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted aeltStarts with TEnds with L1 cluesCommon crossword word
1T2E3A4L

Definitions

  1. of a bluish shade of green

Word origin

From Middle English tele, probably from an unrecorded Old English *tǣle, cognate with West Frisian tjilling (“teal”), Middle Dutch teling (“teal”) (modern Dutch taling), Middle Low German telink, from Proto-Germanic *tailijaz, of unknown ultimate origin, with no cognates outside of Germanic.

Used in a sentence

  • Concerns of a targeted dirty tricks campaign targeting “teal” independents has prompted the Australian Electoral Commission to bring in its electoral integrity assurance taskforce as pre-polling opens.
  • Ms Haines is a strong proponent of this, and many of the teal cross benchers support her approach to appointing a whistleblower protection commissioner.

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