orangey - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)

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• 1 English
  • 1.1 Alternative forms
  • 1.2 Etymology
  • 1.3 Adjective
    * 1.3.1 Synonyms
    * 1.3.2 Derived terms

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• orangy

From orange + -y.

orangey (comparative orangier, superlative orangiest)

1. Somewhat orange in colour.
   • 2005, Helen Oyeyemi, The Icarus Girl, Bloomsbury, page 95:
     The curtains were wide open, and the rich orangey sunset drowned everything in evening colour.
2. Resembling, or flavoured with, oranges (the fruit).

• orangelike

• orangish

• oranginess