saffronlike

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adjective

Characteristic of or resembling saffron.

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Meanings

adjectivesaffronlike (comparative more saffronlike, superlative most saffronlike)

comparative more saffronlike · superlative most saffronlike

  1. Characteristic of or resembling saffron.

    From the saffron-like hue of such of the corpses as were not entirely decayed, we concluded that the whole of her company had perished by the yellow fever, or some other virulent disease of the same fearful kind.

    1838, [Edgar Allan Poe], chapter X, in The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC, pages 96–97

Origin

From saffron + -like.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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