flame-colouredflame-coloredadj.
Of the colour of flame.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > orange > [adjective] > bright orange
flame-coloured1598
flame-colour1763
orange-fiery1919
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adjective] > vehement
violent?1518
vehement1529
loud1530
flame-coloured1598
saltpetre1598
dithyrambic1608
fired1725
1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 i. ii. 10 A faire hot wench in flame-couloured taffata. View more context for this quotation
1647 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs 22 He..Weares a fring'd petticote & flame-colour'd veyle.
1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub ii. 68 Flame-coloured Satin.
1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda IV. vii. liii. 96 Her dusky flame-coloured garment.
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adj.1598- to take a dirt nap
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