Nile green

American  

noun

1. pale bluish green.

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Nile green British  

noun

1. 1. a pale bluish-green colour

   2. ( as adjective )

      a Nile-green dress

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Etymology

Origin of Nile green

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

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Nile green

During the Nazi occupation of France, Wallis Simpson got American diplomats to rescue her favourite Nile green swimsuit from the Windsors' rented villa on the Cote d'Azur.

From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2015

Dora is a great woman, a great big woman with flaming orange hair and a taste for Nile green evening dresses.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck

At the end of the room a group of nymphs in Nile green and pastel blue could be seen emerging from under a French War Loan poster.

From Three Soldiers by John Dos Passos

She was wearing a gown of Nile green pongee, heavily trimmed with expensive ecru lace.

From Marjorie Dean College Freshman by Pauline Lester

Modulations from pigeon egg blue to Nile green, most misty and subtle modulations, dissolve before one's eyes, and for a moment the sky is peppered with tiny stars in doubles, each independently tinted.

From Chopin : the Man and His Music by James Huneker