Ochrous
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈəʊkɹəs/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Ochrous is an adjective meaning Containing ochre.
Meaning
Containing ochre.
More Meanings
- Ochre-coloured; brownish-yellow.
Example Sentences
Ahead of us was a great ochreous depression over which a shifting heat haze trembled looking almost like blue smoke.
It was a Saturday, one of those dusty, ocherous autumnal days whose vivid weather never again seems so sweet and inviting after that youthful time of discovery [...].
The Lutheran Church across the way, which in the daylight was the color of baby shit, had now taken on a soft ochrous hue which blended serenely with the black of the asphalt.
[…] they looked around for a refreshment tent among the many which dotted the down. Two, which stood nearest to them in the ochreous haze of expiring sunlight, seemed almost equally inviting.
Word Forms
- ocherous
- ochreous
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ochreous, ocherous, ochraceous, ochreish, ochrish, ochroid.
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