fulvous, a. Chiefly Nat. Hist.
(ˈfʌlvəs)
[f. L. fulv-us reddish-yellow + -ous.]
Reddish-yellow, dull yellowish-brown or tawny.
| 1664 Beale Aphor. Cider xxxix. in Evelyn Pomona 26 A more fulvous or ruddy colour. 1688 R. Holme Armoury ii. 246/1 A Thistle-finch..hath..Neck & Back of a fulvous or reddish Ash colour. 1828 Stark Elem. Nat. Hist. I. 93 Fur shining fulvous brown. 1839 G. Raymond in New Monthly Mag. LVI. 312, I now clearly distinguished an expansive eagle..on the fulvous panel of the hinder boot. 1848 Lowell Biglow P. Poems 1890 II. 8 A Nemean lion, fulvous, torrid-eyed. |