ochreish

comparative more ochreish · superlative most ochreish

1. Having an ochre-like color

   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

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   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

   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

   Synonyms: ochrous