olivaster

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adjective

Of the color of the olive; tawny.

OriginFrench olivastre →
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Meanings

adjectiveolivaster (comparative more olivaster, superlative most olivaster)

comparative more olivaster · superlative most olivaster

  1. archaicuncommonOf the color of the olive; tawny.

    Of colour, they are rather black than olivaster and that their arms and legs are chained with manilios and armlets of silver, brass, ivory and the like

    1634, T[homas] H[erbert], A Relation of Some Yeares Trauaile, Begunne Anno 1626. into Afrique and the Greater Asia, […], London: […] William Stansby, and Jacob Bloome, →OCLC

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
tawny

Origin

  1. Frencholivastre
  2. Englisholivaster

From French olivastre (attested by 1575; compare modern French olivâtre). For more, see olive, -aster.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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