fulvous

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fulvus (“reddish-brown”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfʊlvəs/, /ˈfʌlvəs/

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Adjective

fulvous (not comparable)

1. Tawny-coloured.
   • 1841 March, Edgar A[llan] Poe, “The Murders in the Rue Morgue”, in George R[ex] Graham, Rufus W[ilmot] Griswold, editors, Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine. […], volume XVIII, number 4, Philadelphia, Pa.: George R. Graham, published April 1841, →OCLC, page 176, column 1:

     It was a minute anatomical and generally descriptive account of the large fulvous Ourang-Outang of the East Indian Islands.

   • 1922 October 26, Virginia Woolf, chapter II, in Jacob’s Room, Richmond, London: […] Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, →OCLC; republished London: The Hogarth Press, 1960, →OCLC, page 21:

     The upper wings of the moth which Jacob held were undoubtedly marked with kidney-shaped spots of a fulvous hue.

Derived terms

• fulvous-headed tanager
• fulvous whistling duck