Puce

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Puce \Puce\, a. [F., fr. puce a flea, L. pulex, pulicis.]
     Of a dark brown or brownish purple color.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  puce
       n : a color varying from dark purplish brown to dark red

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  63 Moby Thesaurus words for "puce":
     Titian, Titian-red, bricky, cardinal, carmine, carnation,
     carnelian, cerise, cherry, cherry-colored, cherry-red, crimson,
     damask, ferruginous, fiery, fire-red, flame-colored, flame-red,
     flaming, glowing, gules, hot, incarmined, inflamed, infrared,
     iron-red, lake-colored, laky, lateritious, lobster-red, lurid,
     maroon, port-wine, red, red-dyed, red-looking, reddened, reddish,
     reddish-amber, reddish-brown, rubicund, rubiginous, rubric,
     rubricose, ruby, ruby-colored, ruby-red, ruddied, ruddy, rufescent,
     rufous, rust, rust-red, rusty, scarlet, stammel, tile-red,
     vermilion, vinaceous, warm, wine, wine-colored, wine-red