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A.Word.A.Day--puce Pronunciation: WAV or RealAudio puce (pyoos) noun A deep red to dark grayish purple. [French (couleur) puce, flea (color), puce, from Old French, variant of pulce, flea, from Latin pulex, pulic-.] "Red faces turned puce at Bankers Trust, an American investment bank in a legal battle with Procter & Gamble, a consumer-goods company." Trial and error. Barings Bank's Nick Leeson's extradition, The Economist, 7 Oct 1995. This week's theme: words about colors. X-Bonus Life is like music, it must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule. Nevertheless one had better know the rules, for they sometimes guide in doubtful cases, though not often. -Samuel Butler (1612-1680)

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