Word of the day
filemot (FIL-mot) noun, adjective
The color of a dead or faded leaf: dull brown or yellowish brown.
Also, the colour of an outfit I want to make this autumn!
[From the corruption of the French term feuillemorte, from feuille (leaf)
+ morte (dead). Ultimately from Indo-European root bhel- (to thrive or
bloom) that gave us flower, bleed, bless, foliage, blossom, and blade.]
"The walls were panelled; each panel was comparted like a modern office
desk, and each compartment crowded with labelled folios all filemot with
age and use."
Lewis Wallace; Ben-Hur; Harper & Brothers; 1880.
The color of a dead or faded leaf: dull brown or yellowish brown.
Also, the colour of an outfit I want to make this autumn!
[From the corruption of the French term feuillemorte, from feuille (leaf)
+ morte (dead). Ultimately from Indo-European root bhel- (to thrive or
bloom) that gave us flower, bleed, bless, foliage, blossom, and blade.]
"The walls were panelled; each panel was comparted like a modern office
desk, and each compartment crowded with labelled folios all filemot with
age and use."
Lewis Wallace; Ben-Hur; Harper & Brothers; 1880.