fulvid, a. Now rare.
(ˈfʌlvɪd)
[ad. med.L. fulvid-us, f. L. fulvus reddish-yellow.]
= fulvous.
| 1599 A. M. tr. Gabelhouer's Bk. Physicke 40/1 Take a fulvide or blewe woollen cloth. 1642 H. More Song of Soul i. i. iii, The fulvid Eagle with her sun-bright eye. 1681 ― Exp. Dan. 27 A Beast of a fulvid or Golden colour. 1860 Sir Rohan's Ghost vi. 133 Something in the softened light, through the fulvid noon, was moving here. |
Hence ˈfulvidness.
| 1685 H. More Illustration 304 The fulvidness of the Sand of the Sea. |