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单词 chalcelet
释义

chalceletn.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin chalcis , -let suffix.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin chalcis kind of bird (1524 in a translation of Aristotle: see note) + -let suffix.Post-classical Latin chalcis is < ancient Greek χαλκίς kind of bird < χαλκός copper, brass (see chalco- comb. form) + -ίς -id suffix2; so called on account of its tawny colouring.
Heraldry. Obsolete.
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1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 119v A Chalcelet on the first quarter, Diamonde.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 256/2 The Chalcelet..is a long & black Bird.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2020).
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