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▪ I. luteous, a.1 Nat. Hist.|ˈl(j)uːtɪəs| [f. L. lūte-us (f. lūtum yellow weed) + -ous.] Of a deep orange yellow colour. Hence † ˈluteously adv.
1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. i. v. i. 345 [Mandrake] bears Apples..luteously [printed lutrously] pallescent. Ibid. i. v. ii. 345 Flowers..out of whose middle erupts a luteous and specious tuft. 1661Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. Introd., Woodpecker..green luteous. 1731Medley Kolben's Cape G. Hope II. 290 A fine luteous substance which is taken and dried for the painters, who use it in the place of yellow oker. 1848Gould Birds Austral. IV. 78 Luteous Honey-eater. Comb.1819G. Samouelle Entomol. Compend. 159 Olive-black above, luteous red beneath. 1877Coues & Allen N. Amer. Rod. 28 In the prairie skins, the color is very bright; a rich fawn or luteous-brown. ▪ II. † ˈluteous, a.2 Obs. [f. L. lute-us (f. lutum mud) + -ous.] Of or pertaining to mud.
1656in Blount Glossogr. 1715tr. Pancirollus' Rerum Mem. II. i. 273 That [Sarsaparilla] is naught..which hath a dirty, luteous kind of Colour within. 1731Medley Kolben's Cape G. Hope II. 284 These waters keep but a little while fresh; the luteous and saline particles, which are the life of 'em, falling quickly to the bottom of the vessel. |