ochrous /ˈəʊkɹəs/ adjective2 •Containing ochre.Ahead of us was a great ochreous depression over which a shifting heat haze trembled looking almost like blue smoke. — 1958 •Ochre-coloured; brownish-yellow.[…] they looked around for a refreshment tent among the many which dotted the down. Two, which stood nearest to them in the ochreous haze of expiring sunlight, seemed almost equally inviting. — 1886 formsmore ochrous · most ochrous