adj ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Of a pale grey or bluish-green, especially when covered with a powdery residue.

   "I realised I was the only shopper in that rather eerie place where I moved about fishlike, in a glaucous aquarium […]"

2. 2
   Covered with a bloom or a pale powdery covering, regardless of colour.

Adjective

1. 1
   having a frosted look from a powdery coating, as on plants wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

acieraestivalalabasteralabastrinealbescentashen

Example

More examples

"There are glaucous stone chairs next to the tree next to the teahouse."

Etymology

From Latin glaucus, from Ancient Greek γλαυκός (glaukós, “blue-green, blue-grey”), 1670s. See Irish glas.

Related phrases

glaucous gullglaucous honeysuckleglaucous pimpletglaucous sedgeglaucous willowglaucous-winged gull

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