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fulvid en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈfʊlvɪd/
• /ˈfʌlvɪd/

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin fulvidus, from fulvus.

Meanings

1. Fulvous; tawny-coloured.
   • Lomandra dressed the girl in rare fabrics that hung like sacks on her body, and combed out her lifeless, fulvid hair […] 1976, Tanith Lee, The Storm Lord:
   • When skilful limmer 'ſuing his intent / Shall fairly well pourtray and wiſely hit / The true proportion of each lineament, / And in right colours to the life depaint / The fulvid Eagle with her ſun-bright eye 1640 (date written), H[enry] M[ore], “ΨΥΧΟΖΩΙΑ [Psychozōia], or A Christiano-platonicall Display of Life, […]”, in ΨΥΧΩΔΙΑ [Psychōdia] Platonica: Or A Platonicall Song of the Soul, […], Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Roger Daniel, printer to the Universitie, published 1642, →OCLC, book 1, stanza 3, page 1:

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