phœniceous, a.
(fiːˈnɪʃiːəs)
Also phenicious.
[f. as prec. + -ous.]
Applied to a bright red.
| [1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xix. xxv. (1495) 877 Colour that highte Pheniceus: therwyth the cheyf and pryncypall letters of bokes ben writen.] 1866 Treas. Bot., Phœniceous, pure lively red, with a mixture of carmine and scarlet. |