Roget's Thesaurus eBook

Peter Roget
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 925 pages of information about Roget's Thesaurus.

Roget's Thesaurus eBook

Peter Roget
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 925 pages of information about Roget's Thesaurus.
lateritious[obs3]; rubineous[obs3], rubricate, rubricose[obs3], rufulous[obs3].
     rose-colored, ruby-colored, cherry-colored, claret-colored, flame-
colored, flesh-colored, peach-colored, salmon-colored, brick-colored, brick-colored, dust-colored.
     blushing &c. v.; erubescent[obs3]; reddened &c. v.
     red as fire, red as blood, red as scarlet, red as a turkey cock, red
as a lobster; warm, hot; foxy.

% - Complementary Colors %

     #435.  Greenness. —­ N. green &c. adj.; blue and yellow; vert
[heraldry].
     emerald, verd antique[Fr], verdigris, malachite, beryl, aquamarine;
absinthe, creme de menthe[Fr].
     [Pigments] terre verte[Fr], verditer[obs3], verdine[obs3], copperas.
     greenness, verdure; viridity[obs3], viridescence[obs3];
verditure[obs3].
     [disease of eyes with green tint] glaucoma, [Jap:  rokunaisho]. 
     Adj. green, verdant; glaucous, olive, olive green; green as grass;
verdurous.
     emerald green, pea green, grass green, apple green, sea green, olive
green, bottle green, coke bottle green.
     greenish; virent[obs3], virescent[obs3].
     green (learner) 541[new, inexperienced, novice], (unskillful) 699.
     green [ill, sick]. 
     Phr. green with envy; the green grass of Ireland; the wearing of the
green.

—­ Footnote 1 p. 122
     The author’s classification of colors has been retained, though it
does not entirely accord with the theories of modern science. —­

—­ p. 122 —­

     #436.  Yellowness. —­ N. yellow &c. adj.; or.
     [Pigments] gamboge; cadmium-yellow, chrome-yellow, Indian-yellow
king’s-yellow, lemonyellow; orpiment[obs3], yellow ocher, Claude tint, aureolin[obs3]; xanthein[Chemsub], xanthin[obs3]; zaofulvin[obs3]. crocu s, saffron, topaz; xanthite[obs3]; yolk.
     jaundice; London fog|!; yellowness &c. adj.; icterus[obs3]; xantho-
cyanopia|!, xanthopsia[Med]. 
     Adj. yellow, aureate, golden, flavous|, citrine, fallow;
fulvous[obs3], fulvid[obs3]; sallow, luteous[obs3], tawny, creamy, sandy; xanthic[obs3], xanthous[obs3]; jaundiced- auricomous[obs3].
     gold-colored, citron-colored, saffron-colored, lemon-colored, lemon
yellow, sulphur-colored, amber-colored, straw-colored, primrose-colored, creamcolored; xanthocarpous[obs3], xanthochroid[obs3], xanthopous[obs3].
     yellow as a quince, yellow as a guinea, yellow as a crow’s foot.
     warm, advancing.

     #437.  Purple. —­ N. purple &c. adj.; blue and red, bishop’s purple;
aniline dyes, gridelin[obs3], amethyst; purpure[Heraldry]; heliotrope.
     lividness, lividity. 
     V. empurple[obs3]. 
     Adj. purple, violet, ultraviolet; plum-colored, lavender, lilac, puce,
mauve; livid.

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