Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Colourful language

I'm always interested in finding unusual words, some archaic, some lost, some invented. So I was quite happy when I stumbled across The Phrontistery. Here is a taste of what they offer. Today's topic is colour

 Word
aeneous
albicant
badious
beige
caesious
cardinal
eau-de-nil
eburnean
ferruginous
filemot
gamboge
glaucous
haematic
heliotrope
ianthine
ibis
jacinthe
jessamy
lateritious
leucochroic

   Definition
shining bronze colour
whitish; becoming white
chestnut-coloured
light creamy white-brown
bluish or greyish green
deep scarlet red colour
pale green colour
of or like ivory; ivory-coloured
of the colour of rust; impregnated with iron
dead-leaf colour; dull brown
reddish-yellow colour
sea-green; greyish-blue
blood-coloured
purplish hue; purplish-flowered plant; ancient sundial; signalling mirror
violet-coloured
large stork-like bird; a pale apricot colour
orange colour
yellow like a jasmine
brick-red
white or pale-coloured

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