puce
Americanadjective
noun
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puces
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of puce
1780–90; < French: literally, flea < Latin pūlic-, stem of pūlex
Vocabulary lists containing puce
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The discrepancy is like the scene in The Wizard of Oz when the curtain is drawn away to reveal the wrinkly, puce old fool working the levers.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 12, 2018
Her apartment is immaculate, decorated in shades of puce and lemon-yellow.
From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2017
Glazes are often brash and runny, chartreuse entwined with grape or puce with orange and off-white.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2015
Shimmering first in puce, then fluttering in chartreuse, the colors of the background and the sundae evolve through many colors of the rainbow.
From Slate ● Jul. 3, 2012
Uncle Vernon stopped, his fist still raised, his face an ugly puce.
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
The 35mm cinematography, by Anderson’s longtime collaborator Robert Elswit, is a symphony in murky puces and greens, the nauseating tones of a permanently harshed mellow.
From Slate ● Dec. 11, 2014
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