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fulvid

/ˈfʌlvɪd/

fulvid adjective: fulvous; tawny-coloured.

Adjective

fulvid (comparative more fulvid, superlative most fulvid)

  1. Fulvous; tawny-coloured.
    • When skilful limmer 'ſuing his intent / Shall fairly well pourtray and wiſely hit / The true proportion of each lineament, / And in right colours to the life depaint / The fulvid Eagle with her ſun-bright eye1640 (date written), H[enry] M[ore], “ΨΥΧΟΖΩΙΑ [Psychozōia], or A Christiano-platonicall Display of Life, […]”, in ΨΥΧΩΔΙΑ [Psychōdia] Platonica: Or A Platonicall Song of the Soul, […], Cambridge...
    • Lomandra dressed the girl in rare fabrics that hung like sacks on her body, and combed out her lifeless, fulvid hair […]1976, Tanith Lee, The Storm Lord

Forms of fulvid

comparativemore fulvid
superlativemost fulvid

Origin of fulvid

Borrowed from Late Latin fulvidus, from fulvus.

Questions about fulvid

What does fulvid mean?
Fulvid means fulvous; tawny-coloured.
What part of speech is fulvid?
Fulvid is an adjective.
How do you pronounce fulvid?
Fulvid is pronounced /ˈfʌlvɪd/.

Words near fulvid in the dictionary

  1. fulvettas
  2. fulvic
  3. fulvic acid
  4. fulvic acids
  5. fulvics
  6. fulvid
  7. fulvous
  8. fulvous tree duck
  9. fulvous tree ducks
  10. fulvous whistling duck
  11. fulvous whistling ducks

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