ochreous, a.
(ˈəʊkriːəs)
[f. mod.L. ōchre-us ochry + -ous: cf. aqueous, cupreous, ligneous, etc.]
1. Of the nature of, containing, or abounding in ochre.
| a 1728 Woodward Fossils (1729) II. 99 A dusky, yellowish, ochreous Earth... Ochreous Earth, of a red Colour, somewhat approaching a Pink. 1822 J. Imison Sc. & Art II. 417 Raw umbre is a native ochreous earth, of a light brown. 1858 Geikie Hist. Boulder xi. 222 The red ochreous matter with which the water was charged. |
2. Of the colour of ochre; spec. of a light brownish yellow.
| 1750 Rutty in Phil. Trans. LI. 471 It exhibited ochreous and green grumes. 1846 Ruskin Mod. Paint. (1848) I. ii. iii. iv. §2. 242 A brown, bricky, ochreous tone, never bright. 1854 Hooker Himal. Jrnls. I. ii. 28 Two species, one ochreous brown. 1900 Trans. Highld. & Agric. Soc. 304 The front wings are ochreous-white with a number of black spots dotted over them. |