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Sep 29, 2005
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Words for colors

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filemot
incarnadine
fuscous
glaucous
taupe


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glaucous

(GLO-kuhs) Pronunciation

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.

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