luteous
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- adjective Of a light or moderate greenish yellow.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- adjective yellowish
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- adjective Yellowish; more or less like buff.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- adjective Of a golden-yellow color; also, more generally, yellow with a tinge of red, somewhat approaching the color of saffron or the yolk of an egg.
- adjective Like mud or clay.
Examples
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The sun climbed on, a ball of luteous fire baking the air dry.
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There, at the feet of a learned thaumaturge, an aged man with long, wispy mustaches and a skin the color of luteous ivory, he had learned much.
Note
The word 'luteous' comes from a Latin word meaning "yellow".
