Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having the color of a faded leaf.
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- adjective Having the colour of a faded
leaf .
Etymologies
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French feuille morte a dead leaf.
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Examples
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Brown comprises the hues called dun, hazel, auburn, feuillemort, mort d'ore, &c.; several of which have been already mentioned as allied to the tertiary colours.
Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists George Field
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It is pleasing to note in this list that not only the garments and stuffs, but the very colors named, have an antique sound; and we read in other inventories of such tints as philomot (feuillemort), gridolin
Customs and Fashions in Old New England Alice Morse Earle 1881
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The fupematant liquor remained clear, with a tinge of feuillemort.
Elements of the Art of Dyeing Claude-Louis Berthollet 1791
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