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olivaster

olivaster adjective: of the color of the olive; tawny.

Adjective

olivaster (comparative more olivaster, superlative most olivaster)

  1. (archaic, uncommon) Of the color of the olive; tawny.
    • Of colour, they are rather black than olivaster and that their arms and legs are chained with manilios and armlets of silver, brass, ivory and the like1634, T[homas] H[erbert], A Relation of Some Yeares Trauaile, Begunne Anno 1626. into Afrique and the Greater Asia, […], London: […] William Stansby, and Jacob Bloome, →OCLC

Forms of olivaster

comparativemore olivaster
superlativemost olivaster

Origin of olivaster

From French olivastre (attested by 1575; compare modern French olivâtre). For more, see olive, -aster.

Questions about olivaster

What does olivaster mean?
Olivaster means of the color of the olive; tawny.
What part of speech is olivaster?
Olivaster is an adjective.

Words near olivaster in the dictionary

  1. olivary
  2. olivary bodies
  3. olivary body
  4. Olivas
  5. Olivases
  6. olivaster
  7. olive
  8. olive baboon
  9. olive baboons
  10. olive box
  11. olive boxes

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