LUTEOUS

PRONUNCIATION: (LOO-tee-uhs)

MEANING: adjective:
1. Of an orange-yellow or greenish-yellow color.
2. Muddy.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin luteus (yellow), from lutum (yellowweed, mud). Earliest documented use: 1656.
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LUTE-FOUS - crazy over plucked French stringed instruments

GLUTEOUS - buttery

LUK-E-OUS - "Aren't we fortunate?!"