▪ I. luteous, a.1 Nat. Hist.
(ˈl(j)uːtɪəs)
[f. L. lūte-us (f. lūtum yellow weed) + -ous.]
Of a deep orange yellow colour. Hence † ˈluteously adv.
| 1657 Tomlinson Renou's Disp. i. v. i. 345 [Mandrake] bears Apples..luteously [printed lutrously] pallescent. Ibid. i. v. ii. 345 Flowers..out of whose middle erupts a luteous and specious tuft. 1661 Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. Introd., Woodpecker..green luteous. 1731 Medley Kolben's Cape G. Hope II. 290 A fine luteous substance which is taken and dried for the painters, who use it in the place of yellow oker. 1848 Gould Birds Austral. IV. 78 Luteous Honey-eater. |
| Comb. 1819 G. Samouelle Entomol. Compend. 159 Olive-black above, luteous red beneath. 1877 Coues & Allen N. Amer. Rod. 28 In the prairie skins, the color is very bright; a rich fawn or luteous-brown. |
▪ II. † ˈluteous, a.2 Obs.
[f. L. lute-us (f. lutum mud) + -ous.]
Of or pertaining to mud.
| 1656 in Blount Glossogr. 1715 tr. Pancirollus' Rerum Mem. II. i. 273 That [Sarsaparilla] is naught..which hath a dirty, luteous kind of Colour within. 1731 Medley Kolben's Cape G. Hope II. 284 These waters keep but a little while fresh; the luteous and saline particles, which are the life of 'em, falling quickly to the bottom of the vessel. |