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English
Adjective
feuille-morte (not comparable)
- Alternative form of feuillemorte
French
Etymology
From feuille (“leaf”) + morte (“dead”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
feuille-morte (invariable)
- of the colour of dying leaves: russet, feuillemorte
1871, Émile Zola, La Curée:Elle avait eu la sottise, dans sa hâte, de choisir un costume de soie feuille-morte à longs volants de dentelles blanches.- In her haste, she had been foolish enough to choose a russet silk dress with long flounces of white lace.
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