I didn't expect to learn a new word from a detective novel (Strong Poison, a Lord Peter Wimsey novel by Dorothy L.Sayers), but there you are... I thought it was yet another misprint, but thought I should look it up just in case.
BISTRED. Adjective. Of a brown colour like the pigment called bistre.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
Interesting word but I think brownish will do me for now. Have you noticed that when you learn a new word, it keeps popping up? Either you never noticed it before or people are using it more.. I fully expect bistred to turn up again very soon @Liriodendron
I didn't expect to learn a new word from a detective novel (Strong Poison, a Lord Peter Wimsey novel by Dorothy L.Sayers), but there you are... I thought it was yet another misprint, but thought I should look it up just in case.
BISTRED. Adjective. Of a brown colour like the pigment called bistre.
As in Bisto.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
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BISTRED. Adjective. Of a brown colour like the pigment called bistre.
Have you noticed that when you learn a new word, it keeps popping up? Either you never noticed it before or people are using it more..
I fully expect bistred to turn up again very soon @Liriodendron
As in Bisto.
I play with plants and soil and sometimes it's successful