lilaceous

[ lahy-ley-shuhs ]

adjective

1. of or approaching the color lilac.

Word History and Origins

Origin of lilaceous¹

First recorded in 1850–55; lilac + -eous

Example Sentences

The sides of the valley were here nearly precipitous, but, as frequently happens with stratified rocks, small ledges projected, which were thickly covered by wild bananas, lilaceous plants, and other luxuriant productions of the tropics.

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Its flowers are extremely small, but so numerous that in their blossoming season miles of fields are coloured by them a beautiful lilaceous blue.

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They take a lilaceous hue, broken by gray and green lights; and as we draw yet nearer they prove dissimilar both in shape and tint….

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