Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ochrous

/ˈəʊkɹəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ochrous
IPA: /ˈəʊkɹəs/

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Containing ochre.

adj

Ochre-coloured; brownish-yellow.

Example Sentences

"Ahead of us was a great ochreous depression over which a shifting heat haze trembled looking almost like blue smoke."
"[…] they looked around for a refreshment tent among the many which dotted the down. Two, which stood nearest to them in the ochreous haze of expiring sunlight, seemed almost equally inviting."
"The Lutheran Church across the way, which in the daylight was the color of baby shit, had now taken on a soft ochrous hue which blended serenely with the black of the asphalt."
"It was a Saturday, one of those dusty, ocherous autumnal days whose vivid weather never again seems so sweet and inviting after that youthful time of discovery [...]."

Etymology

From ochre + -ous.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: ochre

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈəʊkɹəs/

Inflected Forms

more ochrous (comparative) most ochrous (superlative) ocherous (alternative) ochreous (alternative)

Derived Forms

chlorochrous

Questions

How do you pronounce ochrous?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈəʊkɹəs/.
What does ochrous mean?: Containing ochre.
Where does ochrous come from?: From ochre + -ous.

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