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ochreous

ochreous is the alternative form of ochrous.

Meaning of ochrous

Adjective

ochrous (comparative more ochrous, superlative most ochrous)

  1. Containing ochre.
    • Ahead of us was a great ochreous depression over which a shifting heat haze trembled looking almost like blue smoke.1958, Henno Martin, translated by Edward Fitzgerald, The Sheltering Desert, Thomas Nelson & Sons, page 17
  2. Ochre-coloured; brownish-yellow.
    • […] they looked around for a refreshment tent among the many which dotted the down. Two, which stood nearest to them in the ochreous haze of expiring sunlight, seemed almost equally inviting.1886, Thomas Hardy, chapter I, in The Mayor of Casterbridge

Forms of ochreous

comparativemore ochreous
superlativemost ochreous

Questions about ochreous

What is ochreous the alternative form of?
Ochreous is the alternative form of ochrous.

Words near ochreous in the dictionary

  1. ochreasteroside
  2. ochreate
  3. ochred
  4. ochreing
  5. ochreish
  6. ochreous
  7. ochrephilone
  8. ochrept
  9. ochrepts
  10. ochres
  11. ochrey

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ochreous (page history and authors); ochrous (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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