Meaning of luteous | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Yellowish.
   literary
2. Of or pertaining to mud.

Examples

“And men wept sorely,—for his voice had smoothed / Life’s whirlpool, with its softly-echoing tones, / Filling their hearts with peace—but his glad soul / Flung off her luteous chains, and winged her way / Far, far above the pigmy lamentations / Or frivolous praise⟳ of men.”

“[…] the hind tibiæ more luteous than in T. cordiger, but with the apical sixth more contrastedly black; […]”

“The man who had been standing in the doorway stepped forward⟳ to greet⟳ them. No pheretrer he! His luteous face⟳, scrobiculate by some unspeakable disease, was further disfigured by an anoopsia.”

“The driver’s smile⟳ widened, showing his luteous tombstone teeth.”

“His lips still curled back from his luteous teeth like⟳ old cabbage leaves, his pointed snout tested the air like⟳ a trunk.”

“Tepshen Lahl nodded, his luteous features grave.”

“He put⟳ his hand on the door handle⟳, but made no other move⟳ to leave⟳. He turned his luteous smile⟳ on her. “I’m afraid you'll have⟳ to loan me some scratch⟳.””

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