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ivory-white [ahy-vuh-ree-hwahyt, -wahyt, ahy-vree-] ExamplesWord Origin adjective
- of a creamy or yellowish white in color.
Origin of ivory-white First recorded in 1585–95 Examples from the Web for ivory-white Historical Examples of ivory-white
Now she is ivory-white with over-service, and spends all her days in loving.
Daniel A. Poling
Now she’s ivory-white with over-service and spends all her days in loving.
Coningsby Dawson
The pretty flowers are about two inches long, with orange-yellow petals and an ivory-white pistil.
Field Book of Western Wild Flowers
Margaret Armstrong
He was dressed in blue serge, and had the ivory-white face and wrinkled skin of an actor.
Louis Tracy
They wore black velvet frocks confined at the waist by colored ribbons—one red, the other ivory-white.
Frederik van Eeden