Ochrous

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈəʊkɹəs/

Alternative forms

• ocherous (US)
• ochreous

Origin

From ochre + -ous.

Full definition of ochrous

Adjective

1. Containing ochre.
2. Ochre-coloured; brownish-yellow.
• 1967, William Styron, The Confessions of Nat Turner, Vintage 2004, p. 179:It was a Saturday, one of those dusty, ocherous autumnal days whose vivid weather never again seems so sweet and inviting after that youthful time of discovery ....