Recent Examples on the WebThere’s so much richness here: there’s the spirit of the puces (flea market), the idea of clothes that have lived before.—Tina Isaac-Goizé, Vogue, 3 July 2023 But this week, at least, the most reliable method for inducing puce-faced rage in the Brussels diplomatic corps has been to utter the word Spitzenkandidaten.—The Economist, 22 Feb. 2018 Tired of painting test areas of a wall with endless shades of puce?—Jay Samit, Fortune, 16 Aug. 2017
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Word History
Etymology
French, literally, flea, from Old French pulce, from Latin pulic-, pulex — more at psylla
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