单词 | mustardy |
释义 | mustardyadj. Made with, tasting of, or having the consistency of mustard; covered with mustard. Also: of the colour of mustard; dark brownish yellow. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [adjective] > brownish yellow ochry1567 olive-coloured1612 sand-coloured1627 shammy1661 buff-coloured1686 pea soup1703 ochreish1747 ochreous1761 buff1765 ochraceous1776 buff-colour1796 buffish1802 mustard-coloured1825 nankeen1838 buffy1842 ochre-coloured1845 mustardy1850 ochrous1877 buff-yellow1882 buff-washed1883 mustard1919 Sahara1923 wheaten1975 1850 R. S. Surtees Soapey Sponge's Sporting Tour in New Monthly Mag. Mar. xxxvii. 369 The dirty, egg-stained, mustardy copy of Bell's Life. 1861 G. W. Thornbury Life J. M. W. Turner II. 342 A mustardy yellow. 1911 W. J. Locke Glory of Clementina Wing xix. 280 Her ill-fitting mustardy brown stuff skirt. 1936 W. James Gangways & Corridors vi. 69 There was a hideous affair of mustardy yellow diagonal serge. 1961 E. David in Spectator 11 Aug. 214/3 A mustardy mayonnaise..goes with this kind of dish. 1989 Yankee Nov. 92/2 The mustardy paint was thick and crackled and bore the richness of age. 1998 A. Martin Bilton xix. 189 ‘You're pretty safe against anything with this stick,’..he said..gazing at the slow, mustardy river. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1850 |
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