olivesheen

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English

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Etymology

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olive +‎ sheen

Noun

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olivesheen (uncountable)

  1. (rare) A dull grayish-yellow color.
    • 2000, Jennifer Atkinson, The Drowned City, page 27:
      [] looking out / on a Sargenty smear of pearl and dress silk, / olivesheen / and the vanishing stain of a passing car's taillights.

Adjective

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olivesheen (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Of a dull grayish-yellow color.
    • 1994, Lance Olsen, Tonguing the Zeitgeist, page 11:
      [] a young man in an olivesheen business suit and derby sitting in the lotus position under a banyan tree.