Dictionary

plum-colored en · ADJ

Etymology

From plum + colored or plum-color + -ed.

Meanings

1. (US) Of a dark bluish-red color, the color of some plums.
   • It was easy to spot a man in a red jacket in among all the black. It was more plum-colored than red, she thought to herself, but she was relieved to find that its wearer had the appearance of a real gentleman, who obviously took great care with his dress. 2014, Tessa Harris, chapter 34, in The Lazarus Curse (A Dr. Thomas Silkstone Mystery; 4), New York, N.Y.: Kensington Books, →ISBN, page 175:
   • I found Patz’s car, a rusting plum-colored late-nineties Ford Probe whose description I remembered from Patz’s file, among the details Paul Duffy had begun to gather. 2012, William Landay, “Running”, in Defending Jacob: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Delacorte Press, →ISBN, page 136:
   • On hind legs, with threatening yellow fangs and matted belly fur in her face, the bear swatted at her as if she were an insect. Gasping, nearly overcome from evading the swinging claws, she thrust the fork into the plum-colored mouth. 2002 November 8, Midge Shusta, “Moon of the Green Mountain Mornings”, in Tsali’s Hatchet, [Bloomington, Ind.]: 1stBooks, →ISBN, page 86:

Forms

Deriveds

plum-colored starling · plum-coloured starling

Relateds

plum-color

Synonyms

plum