puce
Americanadjective
noun
noun
Etymology
Origin of puce
1780–90; < French: literally, flea < Latin pūlic-, stem of pūlex
Vocabulary lists containing puce
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Example Sentences
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At 6:38 a.m. on Tuesday, Piers Morgan, his face puce and contorted with anger, stormed off the set of his own live breakfast show, seemingly forever.
From Slate • Mar. 12, 2021
Glazes are often brash and runny, chartreuse entwined with grape or puce with orange and off-white.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2015
Media say president Zdravko Mamic went "puce" after news of the incident leaked.
From The Guardian • Sep. 29, 2012
As messy as the characters’ lives become, the midcentury color scheme — based on puce, plum, pistachio and pumpkin — remains reassuringly tidy.
From New York Times • Sep. 25, 2010
I thought about colors I hated: ecru, puce, lavender, beige and black.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
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