† Chelidonianadj.

Etymology: < Latin chelīdonius ( < Greek χελῑδόνιος pertaining to a swallow, < χελῑδών swallow) + -an suffix; in senses 2, 3, < Greek χελῑδονίας.

Obsolete.

1. [translating Latin chelīdonius.] (A fig) Of a reddish-brown colour, like the swallow's throat.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [adjective] > reddish brown

russet1428

reddish-brown1530

sorrel1534

berry-brown1575

sored1587

russetish1600

Chelidonian1601

weaselled-coloured1607

deer-coloured1611

spadiceous1646

russeted1654

testaceous1688

russety1697

mahoganya1744

red-brown1786

reddy-brown1845

fusco-testaceous1847

mahogany-brown1881

persimmon1897

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 442 The Chelidonian Figges be the last: and ripen against Winter.

2. Of a kind of serpent called χελιδονίας.

ΚΠ

1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 56 The Chersæ[a]n Aspes..grow to the length of fiue cubits, but the Chelidonian not aboue one.

3. Of the spring wind, called in Greek χελιδονίας.

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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [adjective] > spring wind

Chelidonian1625

1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated ii. vi. 102 Such windes as are called Chelidonian, because they arise at the first comming of the Swallowes.

1884 W. E. A. Axon in Brit. Almanac Compan. 56 An ancient name for the spring winds was the Chelidonian winds.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	chelidonian
释义	† Chelidonianadj. Etymology: < Latin chelīdonius ( < Greek χελῑδόνιος pertaining to a swallow, < χελῑδών swallow) + -an suffix; in senses 2, 3, < Greek χελῑδονίας. Obsolete. 1. [translating Latin chelīdonius.] (A fig) Of a reddish-brown colour, like the swallow's throat. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [adjective] > reddish brown russet1428 reddish-brown1530 sorrel1534 berry-brown1575 sored1587 russetish1600 Chelidonian1601 weaselled-coloured1607 deer-coloured1611 spadiceous1646 russeted1654 testaceous1688 russety1697 mahoganya1744 red-brown1786 reddy-brown1845 fusco-testaceous1847 mahogany-brown1881 persimmon1897 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 442 The Chelidonian Figges be the last: and ripen against Winter. 2. Of a kind of serpent called χελιδονίας. ΚΠ 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 56 The Chersæ[a]n Aspes..grow to the length of fiue cubits, but the Chelidonian not aboue one. 3. Of the spring wind, called in Greek χελιδονίας. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [adjective] > spring wind Chelidonian1625 1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated ii. vi. 102 Such windes as are called Chelidonian, because they arise at the first comming of the Swallowes. 1884 W. E. A. Axon in Brit. Almanac Compan. 56 An ancient name for the spring winds was the Chelidonian winds. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < adj.1601
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