violaceous

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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.

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