Middle English Dictionary Entry
venet adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | venet adj. Also vinet. |
| Etymology | L venetus |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Bluish gray or bluish green.
Associated quotations
- a1450(1408) Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)182/1 : Loke þat…þe mennes clothinge be coloured wiþ vynett [*Dgb (OD col.): venet; L Veneto] colour, þat is water colour, like to þe wawes of þe see.