Definition of Croceate

1. saffron-coloured [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Croceate

cro protein
croagh
croak
croaked
croaker
croakers
croakier
croakiest
croakily
croaking
croaks
croaky
croatia
croc
crocacin
croceate (current term)
crocein
croceine
croceines
croceins
croceous
crocetin
croche
croches
crochet
crochet hook
crochet needle
crochet stitch
crocheted
crocheter

Literary usage of Croceate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Metropolitan (1832)
"... Dire fate! but shall 1 fail my trust — ibis band, The deep folds of her croceate veil 'And sec them perish on this iron strand — In wild disorder float. ..."

2. Peloponnesiaca: A Supplement to Travels on the Moréa by William Martin Leake (1846)
"... the demand for the croceate porphyry may have given way to other fashions, or may have been supplied from other quarries ; and the pebbles alone may ..."

3. Agamemnon: A Tragedy by Aeschylus, Thomas Medwin (1832)
"... along the ground The deep folds of her croceate veil In wild disorder float, and trail, And from her pleading eyes, With tenderest beams to thrill and ..."

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