单词 | fauchie |
释义 | fauchieadj. Scottish (chiefly north-eastern). Pale yellowish grey; of a pale or faded colour; sickly-looking. Cf. fauch adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [adjective] > greyish yellow Isabella1600 Isabella-coloured1681 isabelline1859 fauchie1911 1911 Trans. Banffshire Field Club 1910–11 108 Most of the following words seem new in print..fitchie or fidgie—a mealie pudding; feachy—faded in colour. 1922 Swatches o' Hamespun 67 in Sc. National Dict. (1956) IV. 32/1 The fyauchy grey breeks o' Tam Toshach danced afore her een. 1980 Akros Dec. 69 Your fauchie finger spelt oot in memoriams. 1996 S. Blackhall Wittgenstein's Web i. 3 Fyachie's the mill-puil ower bi Clashmore. 2009 L. C. Higgs Fair is Mill xxxi. 199 Is yer sister sae fauchie we canna see her? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1911 |
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