† bombycinousadj.
/bɒmˈbɪsɪnəs/ Obsolete.
1. Made of silk, silken.
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bombycine1599
silky1611
bombycinous1656
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Bombycinous, that is made of silk, or silken.
1721 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.
2. Of a pale yellow colour, like the silk-worm before it spins.
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gull13..
flaxen?1523
palew1547
straw-coloured1585
branlie1589
straw colour1589
flaxy1634
festucine1646
sulphureous1656
flaxenish1661
butter colour1665
strawy1668
straw-yellow1794
bombycinous1796
sulphur-coloured1811
sherry-yellow1813
sulphur-yellow1816
bombasic1825
straw1842
wax-coloured1842
stramineous1845
maize-coloured1852
daffodil1855
daw1856
flax1873
sherry-coloured1875
mastic1890
sulpho-chromic1895
ochroid1897
wheat-coloured1898
sulphurous1899
sulphury1900
tea rose1900
straw-pale1922
1796 E. Darwin Zoonomia II. 79 What is peculiar to this disease..is the bombycinous colour of the skin, which like that of full-grown silkworms, has a degree of transparency with a yellow tint.
c1820 T. Sandwith Venous Congest. 10 That pale sickly hue which Darwin calls bombycinous.
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