† pullousadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin pullus , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin pullus dark-coloured (a form with expressive gemination < the same Indo-European base as Vedic Sanskrit palita grey-haired, ancient Greek πελιός livid (see peliosis n.), πολιός livid (compare poliosis n.), and perhaps further related to fallow adj.¹) + -ous suffix.

Obsolete. rare.

Dark in colour; blackish.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > black or blackness > [adjective]

blackeOE

blokec1200

neger?c1425

sable1470

black-coloured1528

sable-coloured1596

ebon1607

Ethiopa1616

torrid1634

atred1654

pullous1698

nigricant1772

black-butted1801

nigrific1804

Negro1816

nigritudinous1851

nigrine1885

1698 B. Allen in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 20 377 The Body is of a Pullous Colour.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	pullous
释义	† pullousadj. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin pullus , -ous suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin pullus dark-coloured (a form with expressive gemination < the same Indo-European base as Vedic Sanskrit palita grey-haired, ancient Greek πελιός livid (see peliosis n.), πολιός livid (compare poliosis n.), and perhaps further related to fallow adj.¹) + -ous suffix. Obsolete. rare. Dark in colour; blackish. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > black or blackness > [adjective] blackeOE blokec1200 neger?c1425 sable1470 black-coloured1528 sable-coloured1596 ebon1607 Ethiopa1616 torrid1634 atred1654 pullous1698 nigricant1772 black-butted1801 nigrific1804 Negro1816 nigritudinous1851 nigrine1885 1698 B. Allen in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 20 377 The Body is of a Pullous Colour. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < adj.1698
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