woaden
English
editEtymology
editFrom woad + -en. Compare Old English wǣden (“of woad, bluish, purple, woaden”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editwoaden (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