olive-colouredolive-coloredadj.

Brit.

/ˈɒlɪvˌkʌləd/, U.S.

/ˈɑləvˌkələrd/

Forms: see olive n.¹ and coloured adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: olive n.¹, coloured adj.

Etymology: < olive n.¹ + coloured adj.

Of a dull yellowish green colour. Also (of a person's complexion): yellowish-brown. Cf. olive adj.

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

the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [adjective] > yellowish green > olive green

olive1600

olive-coloured1752

olivaceous1776

olive-greenish1858

olivescent1900

1612 B. Jonson Alchemist i. iii. sig. C3 Your Chest-nut, or your Oliue-colourd face Do's neuer fayle.

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage vi. xv. 656 The tawney Moore, blacke Negro,..oliue-coloured American, should with the whiter European become one sheepe-folde, under one greate Sheepheard.

1653 R. Saunders Physiognomie ii. 173 If that woman be olive-coloured or yellowish with her black eyes.

1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 162 The large, smooth, olive-coloured Pinna.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth II. 220 The complexion olive coloured, and the hair black.

1808 M. Berry Jrnl. 2 July (1865) II. 354 One of the others Don—de Vega, a good olive-coloured looking Spaniard.

1859 J. Lang Wanderings in India 302 They were remarkably handsome birds, with..olive-coloured feathers on their backs.

1864 G. O. Trevelyan Competition Wallah 203 Hampered by liaisons with Hindoo women and by crowds of olive-coloured children.

1900 Lancet 29 Sept. 950/1 Kelpion..is a greasy, dark-olive-coloured substance which refuses to saponify with strong soda solution.

c1909 D. H. Lawrence Collier's Friday Night (1934) ii. 50 A Spanish Amazon, maggie-olive-coloured, like the colour of a young clear bit of sea-weed.

1996 Jrnl. Southern Afr. Stud. 22 551 He imbued it with a Victorian flair by describing the Hova as the ‘olive-coloured race’ of central Madagascar.

2000 G. Newlin Understanding Great Expectations v. 129 In his interview with the luckless man in the olive-colored frock-coat..he seems sympathetic.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	olive-coloured
释义	olive-colouredolive-coloredadj. Brit. /ˈɒlɪvˌkʌləd/, U.S. /ˈɑləvˌkələrd/ Forms: see olive n.¹ and coloured adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: olive n.¹, coloured adj. Etymology: < olive n.¹ + coloured adj. Of a dull yellowish green colour. Also (of a person's complexion): yellowish-brown. Cf. olive adj. 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 the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [adjective] > yellowish green > olive green olive1600 olive-coloured1752 olivaceous1776 olive-greenish1858 olivescent1900 1612 B. Jonson Alchemist i. iii. sig. C3 Your Chest-nut, or your Oliue-colourd face Do's neuer fayle. View more context for this quotation 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage vi. xv. 656 The tawney Moore, blacke Negro,..oliue-coloured American, should with the whiter European become one sheepe-folde, under one greate Sheepheard. 1653 R. Saunders Physiognomie ii. 173 If that woman be olive-coloured or yellowish with her black eyes. 1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 162 The large, smooth, olive-coloured Pinna. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth II. 220 The complexion olive coloured, and the hair black. 1808 M. Berry Jrnl. 2 July (1865) II. 354 One of the others Don—de Vega, a good olive-coloured looking Spaniard. 1859 J. Lang Wanderings in India 302 They were remarkably handsome birds, with..olive-coloured feathers on their backs. 1864 G. O. Trevelyan Competition Wallah 203 Hampered by liaisons with Hindoo women and by crowds of olive-coloured children. 1900 Lancet 29 Sept. 950/1 Kelpion..is a greasy, dark-olive-coloured substance which refuses to saponify with strong soda solution. c1909 D. H. Lawrence Collier's Friday Night (1934) ii. 50 A Spanish Amazon, maggie-olive-coloured, like the colour of a young clear bit of sea-weed. 1996 Jrnl. Southern Afr. Stud. 22 551 He imbued it with a Victorian flair by describing the Hova as the ‘olive-coloured race’ of central Madagascar. 2000 G. Newlin Understanding Great Expectations v. 129 In his interview with the luckless man in the olive-colored frock-coat..he seems sympathetic. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1612
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