luteous
UK/ˈluːtiəs/US/ˈludiəs/
luteous adjective: yellowish.
Adjective
luteous (comparative more luteous, superlative most luteous)
- Yellowish.
- And men wept sorely,—for his voice had smoothed / Life’s whirlpool, with its softly-echoing tones, / Filling their hearts with peace—but his glad soul / Flung off her luteous chains, and winged her way / Far, far above the pigmy lamentations / Or frivolous praise of men.1856, [Thomas Brinsley Norton Grantley], “The Dead Priest”, in Pinocchi, London: John W[illiam] Parker and Son […], →OCLC, page 92
- […] the hind tibiæ more luteous than in T. cordiger, but with the apical sixth more contrastedly black; […]1909, G[eorge] H[enry] Verrall, Stratiomyidæ and Succeeding Families of the Diptera Brachycera of Great Britain, London: […] Gurney & Jackson, […], page 411
- Of or pertaining to mud.
Examples of luteous in a sentence
- His luteous face, scrobiculate by some unspeakable disease, was further disfigured by an anoopsia.1958 May 9, Strix [pseudonym], “English Spoken Here”, in The Spectator, volume 200, number 6776, London, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 585, column 2:
- The driver’s smile widened, showing his luteous tombstone teeth.1990, Ronald Frame, “Un Homme et une Femme”, in Bluette, Sevenoaks, Kent: Sceptre, published 1991, →ISBN, part I (Aquae-Regis), page 76:
- His lips still curled back from his luteous teeth like old cabbage leaves, his pointed snout tested the air like a trunk.1990 October, Ned Wynn, chapter 1, in We Will Always Live in Beverly Hills: Growing Up Crazy in Hollywood, New York, N.Y.: William Morrow...
- Tepshen Lahl nodded, his luteous features grave.1990 December, Angus Wells, chapter 6, in The Way Beneath (Kingdoms; 3), London: Orbit, →ISBN, page 122:
Forms of luteous
| comparative | more luteous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most luteous |
Origin of luteous
Borrowed from Latin lūteus.
Words formed from luteous
Questions about luteous
- What does luteous mean?
- Luteous means yellowish.
- How do you use luteous in a sentence?
- His luteous face, scrobiculate by some unspeakable disease, was further disfigured by an anoopsia.
- What part of speech is luteous?
- Luteous is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce luteous?
- Luteous is pronounced /ˈluːtiəs/ (UK).
Words near luteous in the dictionary
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