Nat. Hist. [f. L. lūteus (f. lūtum yellow weed) + -OUS.] Of a deep orange yellow color. Hence † Luteously adv.
1657. Tomlinson, Renou’s Disp., I. V. i. 345. [Mandrake] bears Apples … luteously [printed lutrously] pallescent. Ibid., I. V. ii. 345. Flowers … out of whose middle erupts a luteous and specious tuft.
1661. Lovell, Hist. Anim. & Min., Introd. Woodpecker … green luteous.
1731. Medley, Kolben’s Cape G. Hope, II. 290. A fine luteous substance which is taken and dried for the painters, who use it in the place of yellow oker.
1848. Gould, Birds Austral., IV. 78. Luteous Honey-eater.
Comb. 1819. Samouelle, Entomol. Compend., 159. Olive-black above, luteous red beneath.
1877. Coues & Allen, N. Amer. Rod., 28. In the prairie skins, the color is very bright; a rich fawn or luteous-brown.
