puniceous, a.
(pjuːˈnɪʃiːəs)
Also 8 erron. -ious.
[f. L. pūnice-us Punic; also red, purple-coloured (f. Pūnic-us Punic, with suffix -eus) + -ous.]
Of a bright red, purplish-red, or reddish-yellow colour: cf. phœniceous.
| 1730 Bailey (folio), Puniceous (in Botan. Writ.) of a scarlet Colour. 1768 [W. Donaldson] Life Sir B. Sapskull II. xxv. 212 To stimulate the flavour of the punicious fluid. 1890 Cent. Dict., Puniceous, in entom., purplish-red or crimson; having the color of a pomegranate. |