PRASINOUS ADJ. leek-green in colour ...1924 rare NOUN a leek-green colour ...1826 obs. ETYMOLOGY from classical Latin prasinus leek-green + -ous, from Ancient Greek πρᾰ́σῐνος (prásinos, leek-green, light green) FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1826 - "Prasinous (Prasinus). Green with a mixture of yellow. The colour of the leaves of leeks or onions." From: An Introduction to Entomology; or, Elements of the Natural History of Insects - William Kirby and William Spence EXAMPLE "...Here, likewise, everything pleased the eye and galled the blood; here the silvery streaks on the dark-green satin, and there the argentine tracery on the smooth, prasinous leaves of the water-lilies were only the slimy trail - here of man's creative power...." From: Teleny, or, The Reverse of the Medal: a Physiological Romance of To-day - Anonymous. 1893 Attributed to Oscar Wilde
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