What's the difference between duteous and luteous?
Duteous
Definition:
(a.) Fulfilling duty; dutiful; having the sentiments due to a superior, or to one to whom respect or service is owed; obedient; as, a duteous son or daughter.
(a.) Subservient; obsequious.
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Luteous
Definition:
(a.) Yellowish; more or less like buff.
Example Sentences:
(1) These findings suggest that the synthesis of steroid hormones at the 7-8 weeks of pregnancy occurs mainly in the fetoplacentic system and that only small quantities of progesterone and estradiol are produced by the luteous body.