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单词 luteous
释义 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.
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