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ˈorangey, a.
Also orangy.
[f. orange n.1 + -y.]
a. Resembling an orange in colour, taste, etc. Also, covered in orange; suggestive of oranges.
1778W. Marshall Minutes Agric. Observ. 129 The Sun rose orangey. Ibid. 137 Sun. Rising orangey; Rain. a1903Mod. colloq. It tastes rather orangey. 1913H. S. Walpole Fortitude i. xii. 165 My fingers are all over orange... I always have an orange before dinner... I am orangy, but then I was late and couldn't finish it. 1919C. Orr Glorious Thing xx. 245 A delicious, warm, orangy smell hung about the kitchen walls. 1966New Statesman 6 May 663/1 Olivier's blue-black face and frame, Maggie Smith's pink-pallid Desdemona move for too much of the time against a dreadful orangey back⁓cloth. 1974N. Gordimer Conservationist 199 A sun as pale as last night's..moon was orangey, is stiffening the topmost leaves of that tree. 1977C. Fremlin Spider-Orchid iv. 32 The orangy glow of the standard lamp.
b. Comb., as orangey-blue, orangey-brown, orangey-buff, orangey-red, orangey-yellow adjs.
1977A. Scholefield Venom iii. 118 Eyes weeping, knuckles orangey-blue.
1968H. R. F. Keating Inspector Ghote hunts Peacock i. 8 Its hideous orangey-brown colour, masquerading as the tan of leather. a1973‘G. Ashe’ Herald of Doom (1974) v. 49 An orangey-brown kilted suit.
1976H. R. F. Keating Filmi, Filmi xiii. 123 A sportingly cut orangey-buff suit.
1977E. W. Hildick Loop iv. 17 Fashionable orangey-red blush make-up.
1974Times 2 May 8/7 This year's recommended colour..is a warm orangey-yellow. |