chartreuse means of a bright yellowish-green colour. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 76 out of 100.
chartreuse is pronounced /ʃɑːˈtɹɜːz/.
Why “chartreuse” is a great word
CHARTREUSE — [Adjective] Of a brilliant, vivid color between yellow and green. Borrowed from French chartreuse, named after the Carthusian monastery La Grande Chartreuse where a liqueur of this color was first produced; ultimately a doublet of charterhouse, from Latin cartusia, the order's name. Unlike lime, which denotes a sharper, more acidic green, or olive, a muted, earthy duskiness, chartreuse is a luminous equipoise. It is the searing flash of a parakeet's wing in sunlight, the unearthly glow of certain lichens on wet stone, and the precise, radioactive sheen of safety vests meant to be seen through fog—a monk's silent austerity distilled into a shout.
adj
- Of a bright yellowish-green colour.
name
- A female given name from English.
noun
- A yellow or green liqueur made by Carthusian monks.“Old Tinker, in evening dress, sat uncomfortably, sideways, upon the edge of a wicker and brocade “chaise lounge,” finishing a tiny glass of chartreuse, while Talbot Potter, in the middle of the room, took leave of a second guest who had been dining with him.”
- A greenish-yellow color.“Well, we shot the line and we went for broke
With a thousand screamin' trucks
An' eleven long-haired Friends a' Jesus
In a chartreuse microbus.”
- A kind of enamelled pottery.
- A French dish of vegetables (and sometimes meat) wrapped tightly in a decorative layer of salad or vegetable leaves and cooked in a dome-shaped mould.“ARRANGE DIFFERENT KINDS OF COOKED VEGETABLES IN A CASSEROLE […] The dish resembles a chartreuse.”