|
|
Definition of Hueless
1. Adjective. Of something totally lacking in saturation and therefore having no hue.
Definition of Hueless
1. a. Destitute of color.
Definition of Hueless
1. Adjective. Without hue; colourless. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hueless
1. hue [adj] - See also: hue
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hueless
Literary usage of Hueless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of George Meredith by George Meredith (1910)
"THE hueless LOVE UNTO that love must we through fire attain, Which those two held
as breath of common air ; The hands of whom were given in bond elsewhere; ..."
2. A Dictionary of Similes by Frank Jenners Wilstach (1916)
"hueless. hueless as a ghost. — COLERIDGE. Cheeks hueless as a brandy-peach.
— OW HOLMES. hueless as young ivory.—GEORGE CABOT LODGE. Hug. ..."
3. The Poetical Works of John Payne by John Payne (1902)
"Mocking the August-tided hue Of the sweet sky, or sweltered up From the clear
lake with many a cup Of pers and inde imperial, But now were grey and hueless ..."
4. Poets in the Pulpit by Hugh Reginald Haweis (1880)
"... and, absorbed in the contemplation of eternal principles, he marks the great
tide, as of recording fate, like a thick hueless vapour, floating on and on ..."
5. Pelham; Or, Adventures of a Gentleman by Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton (1883)
"... made yet more wan by the light of the waning and ghastly moon — one convulsion
shook the limbs — one murmur passed the falling and hueless lips. ..."
Other Resources:
