jouvence blue

noun

jou·​vence blue

(ˈ)zhü¦vä(ä)ⁿs-

: a moderate bluish green to greenish blue that is deeper than gendarme or cyan blue and duller than parrot blue

Word History

Etymology

jouvence from French, youth (in fontaine de jouvence fountain of youth), from Middle French, alteration of jouvente, from Latin juventa, from juvenis young

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