word of the day : november 17, 2020
fulvous
Dark yellow
adjective full-vus
: of a dull brownish yellow : tawny
Dark brown: yellow-brown
the dog had an unusual coat of fulvous fur with black and white splotches.
The dog has an unusual layer of yellow-brown fur with black and white spots on it.
"i planned to visit the pine barrens to marvel at the fulvous leaves rioting to autumnal frenzy." — denis hamill, the independent (east hampton, new york), 15 nov. 2017
I plan to go to the pine barrens 'pine peatlands' and marvel at the colorful yellow oceans of autumn.
fulvous has never been a common word. you are most likely to encounter it in texts from the 19th century—unless, that is, you care about ducks. in that case, you might know about a kind of whistling-duck called the fulvous tree duck, which is a brownish duck with long legs and a long neck and an unusual world distribution. it lives in isolated populations in north america, south america, india, and africa—remarkably without geographic variation. but back to fulvous: it shares a meaning with its direct ancestor, the latin word fulvus, and fulvus itself is believed to possibly share an ancestor with flavus, latin for "yellow."
Fulvous was never a common word. You're most likely to encounter it in a 19th-century text – unless you care about ducks. In this case, you might know a duck called the whistling-duck "the fulvous tree duck" "grass yellow tree duck", which is a duck with brown legs, long legs, long neck, and uneven distribution. It lives in remote crowded places in North America, South America, India and Africa, and there are no obvious geographical differences. But back to fulvous: it has the same meaning as its direct ancestor, the Latin word fulvus, and fulvus itself is thought to share its ancestors with flavus, latin for "yellow."
what 6-letter adjective begins with "s" and applies to a grayish, greenish yellow color?