olivey
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
adj
Of, or pertaining to, olives.
Example Sentences
- "full of olivey goodness"
- "On the stiletto front, I’d happily settle (if I could walk in them) for Jimmy Choo olivey-green tall boots, or Sigerson Morrison black leather beauties."
- "The new growth is an olivey green which, mingled in with the red of the 'Rubra', destroys the harmony but adds a raffish gaiety. In fact I've just whizzed outside to have a good look: it starts olive green and becomes a deep crimson as it hits light."
- "Olivey tweed suits used to be quite common for country-house wear. I wear a tweed sportjacket with lots of green wool in it."
- "A few of the hits: a structured nylon beach hat that comes in a compelling olivey-lime, […]"
Etymology
Etymology tree English olive Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English olivey From olive + -y.
Inflected Forms
more olivey (comparative)
most olivey (superlative)