单词 | snuff-coloured |
释义 | snuff-colouredsnuff-coloredadj. Of the colour of snuff; brown, brownish. Cf. snuff-colour n. at snuff n.3 Compounds 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [adjective] > other browns wainscot1577 earth-coloured1722 honey-brown1774 snuff-coloured1787 snuffy1789 moorit1795 iron brown1798 umber1802 umbery1850 sienna-brown1853 oily-brown1861 seal-brown1881 tabac1881 glandaceous1885 cigar-brown1895 bead-brown1912 cocoa1942 toffee-brown1961 toffee1962 sludgy1975 1787 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds Suppl. I. 129 Snuff-coloured Creeper... The head, neck, and back, are of a deep cinnamon, or snuff-colour. 1803 S. Smith Delphine in Wks. (1859) I. 45 A grave old gentleman, in a peruke and snuff-coloured clothes. 1860 All Year Round 21 July 351 A man in a high and long snuff-coloured coat. 1892 E. Reeves Homeward Bound 80 Dressed in deep snuff-coloured trousers and loose blouse or coat. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adj.1787 |
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