violaceous

English

Etymology

From Latin violāceus (“violet-coloured”).

Adjective

violaceous (comparative more violaceous, superlative most violaceous)

1. Violet-colored.
   • 2019, Summer Brennan, The Guardian, 20 March:

     These were power heels, and they were worn by women from all over the world. […] They were amaranthine and violaceous and subtly velvet.

Translations

violet-colored

• Spanish: violáceo (es)
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Anagrams

• olivaceous