Obs. [f. L. lute-us (f. lutum mud) + -OUS.] Of or pertaining to mud.
1656. in Blount, Glossogr.
1715. trans. Pancirollus’ Rerum Mem., II. i. 273. That [Sarsaparilla] is naught … which hath a dirty, luteous kind of Colour within.
1731. Medley, Kolben’s Cape G. Hope, II. 284. These waters keep but a little while fresh; the luteous and saline particles, which are the life of ’em, falling quickly to the bottom of the vessel.
