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单词 mustardy
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mustardyadj.

Brit. /ˈmʌstədi/, U.S. /ˈməstərdi/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mustard n., -y suffix1.
Etymology: < mustard n. + -y suffix1.
Made with, tasting of, or having the consistency of mustard; covered with mustard. Also: of the colour of mustard; dark brownish yellow.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [adjective] > brownish yellow
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mustard-coloured1825
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mustardy1850
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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).
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