Cinereous

//sɪˈnɪəɹi.əs// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of an ash-gray colour.

    "With a bill two inches and a half long , very ſlender , and a little recurvated : head , and upper part of neck , cinereous , with dusky lines : over each eye a white line"

  2. 2
    Like ashes.
  3. 3
    Containing ashes.

    "We likewise see by the valuable Work of Andrew Burdon, professor of the Royal French Academy of Painting, that the Antients occasionally used the Amphora form in other parts of the world as both cinereous and lachrymal urns; […]"

Synonyms

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ashyashendappledapple graydappleddingy

Example

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"With a bill two inches and a half long , very ſlender , and a little recurvated : head , and upper part of neck , cinereous , with dusky lines : over each eye a white line"

Etymology

Latin cinereus, from cinis, cineris (“ashes”).

Related phrases

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