English Explanatory Dictionary

yellow-red

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of a colour between yellow and red; orange.
  2. Consisting of yellow and red colours individually.
noun
  1. The colour orange.

Word forms

yellow-red more yellow-red most yellow-red yellowred yellow-reds

Etymology

From Middle English ȝelu-red, ȝolowhered, from Old English ġeolurēad (“reddish yellow, orange”), from Proto-West Germanic *gelwaraud (“orange”), equivalent to yellow + red. Cognate with Saterland Frisian jeelrood (“orange”), Dutch geelrood (“orange”), German Low German geelroot (“orange”), German gelbrot (“yellow-red, orange”).

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