a. rare. [f. BOMBACE (or BOMBASIE) + -IC: perh. referring to the color of Nankeen cotton, or ? of raw silk.] Of a pale yellow or straw color; bombycinous.
1825. J. Fosbrooke, Observ. Pathol. Relat., 53. Skin of a Bombasic tint. Ibid., 62. A fine straw-coloured or bombasic tint.
