fulvid

F4U1L1V4I1D2
/ˈfʌlvɪd//ˈfʊlvɪd/

adjective

Fulvous; tawny-coloured.

OriginLate Latin fulvidus →
Scrabble 13
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Meanings

adjectivefulvid (comparative more fulvid, superlative most fulvid)

comparative more fulvid · superlative most fulvid

  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
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    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

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
tawny

Origin

  1. Late Latinfulvidus
  2. Englishfulvid

Borrowed from Late Latin fulvidus, from fulvus.

More words from Late Latin

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APA

fulvid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fulvid

MLA

“fulvid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fulvid. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fulvid,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fulvid.

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