Saffronlike
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Characteristic of or resembling saffron.
"From the saffron-like hue of such of the corpses as were not entirely decayed, we concluded that the whole of her company had perished by the yellow fever, or some other virulent disease of the same fearful kind."
Example
More examples"From the saffron-like hue of such of the corpses as were not entirely decayed, we concluded that the whole of her company had perished by the yellow fever, or some other virulent disease of the same fearful kind."
Etymology
From saffron + -like.
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