单词 | celest |
释义 | † celestadj. Obsolete. Heavenly, celestial. 1. Of or pertaining to the sky; = celestial adj. 1 †blue celest: sky-blue [French bleu céleste] (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > sky, heavens > [adjective] heavenisheOE heavenlyOE celestialc1400 celestinec1430 supernal?1504 celical1521 elemental1527 ethereal1530 celest1535 impyre1554 skyey1587 vaultedc1590 firmamental1600 empyreal1605 superior1632 firmamentary1633 ethereous1667 skied1789 the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > [noun] > sky blue azure1481 azury?1504 blue celest1535 sky colour1552 sky1668 sky blue1681 cerulean1756 cerule1830 celeste1875 ciel1910 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 89 The circulatioun of the sone celes [t] . c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 37 Considir the circlis of the spere celest. 1608 T. Hudson tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Ivdith iv. 57 in J. Sylvester Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) Her vtmost robe was coulour blew Cœlest. 2. Of or pertaining to heaven; = celestial adj. 2, 3. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [adjective] > of a heavenly nature heavenlyOE divinec1374 celestc1420 celestinec1430 supernal1483 celestial1484 celical1521 heavenlike1542 paradisiacal1660 celic1663 celestiousa1691 celestical1695 c1420 Pallad. on Husb. i. 455 Licoure of grace above, a thyng celest. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 51 Eftir this sueit celest armonye tha began to dance. 1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. III iii. 145 Augustin observed in Paul..a celeste Eloquence. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1420 |
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