underflush

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noun

A tinge of colour showing through from beneath.

Scrabble 17
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Meanings

noununderflush (plural underflushes)

plural underflushes

  1. A tinge of colour showing through from beneath.

    Honey-coloured all over, with an underflush of vermilion at the cheeks and lips.

    1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 50

Origin

From under + flush.

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

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