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olivesheen

olivesheen noun: a dull grayish-yellow color.

Noun

olivesheen (uncountable)

  1. (rare) A dull grayish-yellow color.
    • […] looking out / on a Sargenty smear of pearl and dress silk, / olivesheen / and the vanishing stain of a passing car's taillights.2000, Jennifer Atkinson, The Drowned City, page 27

Adjective

olivesheen (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Of a dull grayish-yellow color.
    • […] a young man in an olivesheen business suit and derby sitting in the lotus position under a banyan tree.1994, Lance Olsen, Tonguing the Zeitgeist, page 11

Origin of olivesheen

From olive + sheen.

Questions about olivesheen

What does olivesheen mean?
Olivesheen means a dull grayish-yellow color.
What part of speech is olivesheen?
Olivesheen can be a noun or an adjective.

Words near olivesheen in the dictionary

  1. Oliveris
  2. Oliveros
  3. olivers
  4. olives
  5. olivescent
  6. olivesheen
  7. olivet
  8. Olivetan
  9. Olivetans
  10. olivetol
  11. olivetolic

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