adjective
- of, relating to, or resembling gamboge; having the color or properties of gamboge (a yellow resin used as a pigment and purgative)
Usage: rare; technical; chiefly historical
Examples
- The artist mixed a gambogian pigment to achieve the warm golden tone in the landscape.
- Medieval apothecaries valued gambogian resin for its medicinal properties.
- The fabric had taken on a gambogian hue after years of exposure to sunlight.