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ochreish en · ADJ

Etymology

From ochre + -ish.

Meanings

1. Having an ochre-like color
   • One field was bare, its surface of an ochreish colour deeper than that of clay, broken and smoothed as perfectly as the surface of the most carefully tended flower-bed. 1880, Percy Greg, Across the Zodiac:
   • The back and side of the hospital, the long barracks of the annex and the wall at the bottom enclosed a waste place of ochreish clay. 1920, May Sinclair, The Romantic:
   • Through the enormous dust cloud that the army raised the trees of the valley appeared as brown smudges against an ochreish sky. 1911, Mary Johnston, The Long Roll:

Forms

Synonyms

ochrous