luteous

[ loo-tee-uhs ]

adjective

1. (of yellow) having a light to medium greenish tinge.

luteous

/ ˈluːtɪəs /

adjective

1. of a light to moderate greenish-yellow colour

Word History and Origins

Origin of luteous¹

1650–60; < Latin lūteus golden-yellow, equivalent to lūt ( um ) yellowweed + -eus -eous

Word History and Origins

Origin of luteous¹

C17: from Latin lūteus yellow

Example Sentences

The gong sounded upon the luteous air of the evening; and Pauline, with her arm closely tucked into her mother's arm, walked with her across the lawn towards the house.

From Project Gutenberg

The club is distinct from the stem, smooth, compressed, generally with a groove on one side; luteous, often becoming brown at the tip or apex.

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The stem is equal or slightly enlarged above, stuffed, luteous, minutely scaly.

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Flavo-testaceous: light yellow-brown: almost luteous.

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Head gilded; mystax with numerous gilded bristles; mouth lanceolate, very stout; antennæ reddish, third joint long, lanceolate, abruptly acuminated at the tip; thorax with three very broad blackish stripes; disk of the pectus black; abdomen with the segments darker towards the base, underside black towards the tip; legs reddish, stout; tarsi with black bands beneath; wings somewhat luteous, with a large blackish patch on the hind border near the base, and with a very broad blackish band near the tip; halteres testaceous.

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