olivaceousadj.

Brit.

/ɒlᵻˈveɪʃəs/, U.S.

/ˌɑləˈveɪʃəs/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin olivaceus , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < scientific Latin olivaceus (1766 as specific name in Linnaeus Systema Naturæ (ed. 12) 292; < classical Latin olīva olive n.¹ + -āceus : see -aceous suffix) + -ous suffix. Compare French olivacé olive-green (1817). Compare olivaceo- comb. form.

Chiefly Biology and Palaeontology.

Of a dusky green colour with a tinge of yellow (like the unripe fruit of the olive); olive-green; olive.

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olive1600

olive-coloured1752

olivaceous1776

olive-greenish1858

olivescent1900

1776 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, octavo) I. ii. 376 The head, neck, back and wings are of an olivaceous ash-color.

1836 Family Tour through Holland 96 The colour..being that of a rich olivaceous green.

1854 H. Miller My Schools & Schoolmasters xxi. 451 Both shale and nodules bore..an olivaceous tint.

1887 W. Phillips Man. Brit. Discomycetes 20 Pileus at first nearly even, olivaceous-umber, dark at the apex.

1911 J. A. Leach Austral. Bird Bk. 152 Olive Whistler, Olivaceous Thickhead..olive brown; head dark-grey..liquid, whistling note.

1936 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 22 532 Wild-type in these crosses refers to a fish that is an olivaceous gray with numerous scattered micro-melanophores.

1983 S. Plant tr. M. Moser Keys to Agarics & Boleti iii. 132 Mushroom with Collybia appearance, with slightly cartilaginous stipe and often with olivaceous to green colour tones.

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

单词	olivaceous
释义	olivaceousadj. Brit. /ɒlᵻˈveɪʃəs/, U.S. /ˌɑləˈveɪʃəs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin olivaceus , -ous suffix. Etymology: < scientific Latin olivaceus (1766 as specific name in Linnaeus Systema Naturæ (ed. 12) 292; < classical Latin olīva olive n.¹ + -āceus : see -aceous suffix) + -ous suffix. Compare French olivacé olive-green (1817). Compare olivaceo- comb. form. Chiefly Biology and Palaeontology. Of a dusky green colour with a tinge of yellow (like the unripe fruit of the olive); olive-green; olive. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [adjective] > yellowish green > olive green olive1600 olive-coloured1752 olivaceous1776 olive-greenish1858 olivescent1900 1776 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, octavo) I. ii. 376 The head, neck, back and wings are of an olivaceous ash-color. 1836 Family Tour through Holland 96 The colour..being that of a rich olivaceous green. 1854 H. Miller My Schools & Schoolmasters xxi. 451 Both shale and nodules bore..an olivaceous tint. 1887 W. Phillips Man. Brit. Discomycetes 20 Pileus at first nearly even, olivaceous-umber, dark at the apex. 1911 J. A. Leach Austral. Bird Bk. 152 Olive Whistler, Olivaceous Thickhead..olive brown; head dark-grey..liquid, whistling note. 1936 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 22 532 Wild-type in these crosses refers to a fish that is an olivaceous gray with numerous scattered micro-melanophores. 1983 S. Plant tr. M. Moser Keys to Agarics & Boleti iii. 132 Mushroom with Collybia appearance, with slightly cartilaginous stipe and often with olivaceous to green colour tones. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1776
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