olivesheen

O1L1I1V4E1S1H4E1E1N1

noun

A dull grayish-yellow color.

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Meanings

nounolivesheen (uncountable)
  1. rareuncountableA dull grayish-yellow color.

    […] looking out / on a Sargenty smear of pearl and dress silk, / olivesheen / and the vanishing stain of a passing car's taillights.

    2000, Jennifer Atkinson, The Drowned City, page 27
adjectiveolivesheen (not comparable)
  1. not comparablerareOf a dull grayish-yellow color.

    […] a young man in an olivesheen business suit and derby sitting in the lotus position under a banyan tree.

    1994, Lance Olsen, Tonguing the Zeitgeist, page 11

Origin

From olive + sheen.

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APA

olivesheen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/olivesheen

MLA

“olivesheen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/olivesheen. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “olivesheen,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/olivesheen.

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