Ochrous
//ˈəʊkɹəs// adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Containing ochre.
"Ahead of us was a great ochreous depression over which a shifting heat haze trembled looking almost like blue smoke."
- 2 Ochre-coloured; brownish-yellow.
"[…] they looked around for a refreshment tent among the many which dotted the down. Two, which stood nearest to them in the ochreous haze of expiring sunlight, seemed almost equally inviting."
Example
More examples"Ahead of us was a great ochreous depression over which a shifting heat haze trembled looking almost like blue smoke."
Etymology
From ochre + -ous.
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