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prettygoodword) wrote2012-12-10 07:17 am
prettygoodword) wrote2012-12-10 07:17 am
filemot
filemot or philamot or feuillemort(e) (FIL-uh-mot) - n., a dull brown or yellowish brown, the color of a dead or faded leaf.
From French, obviously, where it was feuillemorte, from feuille, leaf + morte, dead. I'm not sure when it was borrowed, but the first g-hits are from the 19th century (including one from Ben-Hur).
---L.
From French, obviously, where it was feuillemorte, from feuille, leaf + morte, dead. I'm not sure when it was borrowed, but the first g-hits are from the 19th century (including one from Ben-Hur).
---L.