Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
feuillet , 2. - Of the color of a dead or faded leaf; of a shade of brown. Also
foliomort . - noun A color like that of a dead or faded leaf; filemot.
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- adjective Of the color of dead or dying leaves.
Etymologies
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From French feuille-morte.
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Examples
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So to make a countryman understand what feuillemorte colour signifies, it may suffice to tell him, it is the colour of withered leaves falling in autumn.
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So to make a countryman understand what feuillemorte colour signifies, it may suffice to tell him, it is the colour of withered leaves falling in autumn.
God, Aids & Circumcision Hill, George 2005
she commented on the word feuillemorte
adj., having the color of a dead or faded leaf (i.e., brown or yellowish-brown); French for 'dead leaf'
(Also filemot, philemort, phillimot)
July 7, 2008
Gammerstang commented on the word feuillemorte
(noun) - (1) A shade of brown of the color of a faded leaf. Anglicised as feulemort, fillamort, filemot, phillemot, and philomot. French, literally "dead leaf." --C.A.M. Fennell's The Stanford Dictionary of Anglicised Words and Phrases, 1964 (2) To make a countryman understand what feuillemorte colour signifies it might suffice to tell him, 'tis the colour of withered leaves falling in Autumn. --John Locke's Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, 1690
April 22, 2018