Feuillemort: adjective, meaning ‘having the colour of a dying leaf’, from the French feuille morte, meaning dead leaf.
Wild words: feuillemort
22 Wednesday Nov 2017
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It’s a lovely word, but looking at the variety of shades here, I hope the French have agreed on a colour the word represents!
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Hmmmm … that could be difficult! 🙂
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