Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
fulvous .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Fulvous.
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- adjective
fulvous ;tawny -coloured
Etymologies
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Examples
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Order is being restored, fresh and vigorous shoots sprouting up from the fulvid basis; but it may be many years before the damage is wholly repaired and the original beauty of the garden restored, for the
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The fulvid edge of the light outlined the arched nose as he turned to look at her and gleamed opaque on a circle of glass.
The Silent Tower Hambly, Barbara 1986
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In the fulvid depths of her red-brown eyes there dwelt an expression of misery.
Tess of the Storm Country Grace Miller White 1912
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Order is being restored, fresh and vigorous shoots sprouting up from the fulvid basis; but it may be many years before the damage is wholly repaired and the original beauty of the garden restored, for the "growth" of coral -- the skeletons of the polyps -- is methodical and very slow.
hernesheir commented on the word fulvid
"a deep yellow Colour." --Glossographia Anglicana Nova, 1707.
"or fulvous, of a yellowish, dusky colour, Lion tawny." --English Dict., 1717.
December 5, 2012