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ochrous

UK/ˈəʊkɹəs/

ochrous adjective: containing ochre.

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
    • The Lutheran Church across the way, which in the daylight was the color of baby shit, had now taken on a soft ochrous hue which blended serenely with the black of the asphalt.1949, Henry Miller, chapter 23, in The Rosy Crucifixion, Book One: Sexus, New York: Grove Press, published 1965, page 498

Forms of ochrous

comparativemore ochrous
superlativemost ochrous
alternative formocherous
alternative formochreous

Origin of ochrous

From ochre + -ous.

Words formed from ochrous

Questions about ochrous

What does ochrous mean?
Ochrous means containing ochre.
What part of speech is ochrous?
Ochrous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce ochrous?
Ochrous is pronounced /ˈəʊkɹəs/ (UK).

Words near ochrous in the dictionary

  1. ochronotic
  2. ochrophyte
  3. ochrophytes
  4. ochrosol
  5. ochrosols
  6. ochrous
  7. ochry
  8. Ochs
  9. Ochsner
  10. Ochsners
  11. ochterid

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