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- gaudy-green /göˈdi-grēn/ (obsolete)noun and adjectiveYellowish-greenORIGIN: OFr gaude weld, dyer's rocket
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gaudy green — “gaudy” like gaudy I noun Etymology: Middle English gaude grene, gaudy grene, from Middle French gaude weld + Middle English grene green more at gaude lake, green : spinach green … Useful english dictionary
gaudy — [16] Middle English had a colour term gaudy green ‘yellowish green’, which originally denoted ‘green produced by dye obtained from the plant dyer’s rocket, Reseda luteola’, a plant formerly known as weld [14]. The word weld came from a Germanic… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
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spinach green — noun : a moderate yellow green that is greener and deeper than average moss green, duller and very slightly yellower than average pea green, duller than apple green (sense 1), and greener and duller than mosstone called also autumn green, gaudy… … Useful english dictionary
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bottle-green — colorful colorful adj. 1. having striking color. Opposite of {colorless}. Note: [Narrower terms: {changeable, chatoyant, iridescent, shot}; {deep, rich}; {flaming}; {fluorescent, glowing}; {prismatic}; {psychedelic}; {red, ruddy, flushed,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cress green cresson watercress — colorful colorful adj. 1. having striking color. Opposite of {colorless}. Note: [Narrower terms: {changeable, chatoyant, iridescent, shot}; {deep, rich}; {flaming}; {fluorescent, glowing}; {prismatic}; {psychedelic}; {red, ruddy, flushed,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
