| Front | glaucous \GLAW-kus\ |
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| Back | adjective 1 a) Of a pale yellow-green color b) Of a light bluish-gray or bluish-white color. 2. Having a powdery or waxy coating that gives a frosted appearance and tends to rub off. [From Latin glaucus (bluish-gray or green), from Greek glaukos.] "Ichabod wants to investigate a series of murders in the village of Sleepy Hollow, where bleak forests and glaucous mists suggest Brigadoon* beset by toxic waste." - Joe Morgenstern; Tim Burton's Version Of Sleepy Hollow Is Both Sleepy and Hollow; The Wall Street Journal (New York); Nov 19, 1999. |
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