woaden
English edit
Etymology edit
From woad + -en. Compare Old English wǣden (“of woad, bluish, purple, woaden”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
woaden (comparative more woaden, superlative most woaden)
- (archaic) Of or resembling the color of woad; bluish.
- a. 1770, Thomas Chatterton, The Storie of William Canynge:
- No costly robes of woaden blue