Umber (noun)
um-ber
An earth consisting chiefly of a hydrated oxide of iron and some oxide of manganese, used in its natural state as a brown pigment (raw umber ) or, after heating, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt umber ). / The color of such a pigment; dark dusky brown or dark reddish brown.
1250–1300; Middle English umbre, umber shade, shadow. Old French umbre
Example sentences
“The leaves changed from verdant green to umber.”
Lurdan (noun) lur-dn A lazy, stupid, loutish fellow. 1250–1300; Middle English, Middle French lourdin dullard, equivalent to lourd heavy, dull (more…)
