Pronounced: SLIM-zee, adj
Notes: I didn’t know this was a word; perhaps you can guess the meaning
Yesterday’s word
The word luteous means
- of an orange-yellow o greenish-yellow color
- muddy
First usage
Our word came into English in the mid-1600s
Background / Comments
Frankly, I don’t know if I’d use this word much; I’d probably describe something as “orange-yellow” or “greenish-yellow” instead of luteous. Our word came from the Latin word luteus (yellow), which came from lutum (yellowweed; mud).
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