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Discuss Email this Feedback RSS/XML Permalink A.Word.A.Day--glaucous glaucous (GLO-kuhs) adjective 1. Of a grayish or bluish green or white color. 2. Covered with a powdery coating of such colors, as on grapes, plums, etc. [From Latin glaucus (bluish-gray or green), from Greek glaukos.] "Ichabod wants to investigate a series of murders in the village of Sleepy Hollow, where bleak forests and glaucous mists suggest Brigadoon beset by toxic waste." Joe Morgenstern; Tim Burton's Version Of Sleepy Hollow Is Both Sleepy and Hollow; The Wall Street Journal (New York); Nov 19, 1999. See more usage examples of glaucous in Vocabulary.com's dictionary. This week's theme: words for colors. X-Bonus A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. -English proverb

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