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Ochre

//ˈoʊkɚ// adj, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having a yellow-orange colour. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Referring to cultures that covered their dead with ochre. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    of a moderate orange-yellow color wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A clay earth pigment containing silica, aluminum and ferric oxide. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    Alternative form of okra. alt-of, alternative, countable, obsolete, uncountable
  3. 3
    a moderate yellow-orange to orange color wordnet
  4. 4
    A somewhat dark yellowish orange colour. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    any of various earths containing silica and alumina and ferric oxide; used as a pigment wordnet
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  1. 6
    The stop codon sequence "UAA". colloquial, countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    Money, especially gold. countable, dated, slang, uncountable

    "‘What does he come here cheeking us for, then?’ cried Master Kidderminster, showing a very irascible temperament. ‘If you want to cheek us, pay your ochre at the doors and take it out.’"

  3. 8
    Any of various brown-coloured hesperiid butterflies of the genus Trapezites. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To cover or tint with ochre.

    "[…] his eye was caught by the sight of one child in a group of smaller children playing in the shallows some little distance down—a white child, so white by contrast with the others that at first he thought it must be ochred, which it could not be while playing in the water."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Old French ocre and its source Latin ōchra, from Ancient Greek ὤχρα (ṓkhra, “pale yellow”), from ὠχρός (ōkhrós, “pale, ocher”) (modern Greek ωχρός (ochrós)).

Etymology 2

From Old French ocre and its source Latin ōchra, from Ancient Greek ὤχρα (ṓkhra, “pale yellow”), from ὠχρός (ōkhrós, “pale, ocher”) (modern Greek ωχρός (ochrós)).

Etymology 3

From Old French ocre and its source Latin ōchra, from Ancient Greek ὤχρα (ṓkhra, “pale yellow”), from ὠχρός (ōkhrós, “pale, ocher”) (modern Greek ωχρός (ochrós)).

Etymology 4

From an unknown West African language, probably Igbo ọ́kụ̀rụ̀, but compare Akan ŋkrũmã and ŋkrakra (“broth”).

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