单词 | luteous |
释义 | luteousadj.1 Natural History. Of a deep orange yellow colour. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [adjective] > orange yellow vitelline?a1412 luteous1657 orange-yellow1662 orange-buff1844 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Yy4 Flowers..out of whose middle erupts a luteous and specious tuft. 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia Isagoge sig. A5v Woodpecker..green, luteous. 1731 G. Medley tr. P. Kolb Present State Cape Good-Hope II. 290 A fine luteous substance which is taken and dried for the painters, who use it in the place of yellow oker. 1848 J. Gould Birds Austral. IV. 78 Luteous Honey-eater. DerivativesΚΠ 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Yy4 [Mandrake] beares Apples..luteously [printed lutrously] pallescent. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † luteousadj.2 Obsolete. Of or pertaining to mud. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > mud > [adjective] slag1440 muddyc1450 lutulentc1600 slutchy1627 luteous1656 sludgy1782 slubby1823 slaky?1841 slobby1843 muddyish1853 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Luteous, that is made of clay, loam, mud, morter, earth; filth, muddy. 1715 tr. G. Panciroli Hist. Memorable Things Lost II. i. 273 That [Sarsaparilla] is naught..which hath a dirty, luteous kind of Colour within. 1731 G. Medley tr. P. Kolb Present State Cape Good-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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.11657adj.21656 |
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