Lurid
Pronunciation : Lu"rid
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. luridus.]
Definition : 1. Pale yellow; ghastly pale; wan; gloomy; dismal. Fierce o'er their beauty blazed the lurid flame. Thomson. Wrapped in drifts of lurid smoke On the misty river tide. Tennyson.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: Having a brown color tonged with red, as of flame seen through smoke.
3. (Zo?l.)
Defn: Of a color tinged with purple, yellow, and gray.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913