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单词 citrine
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citrineadj.n.

Brit. /ˈsɪtriːn/, /ˈsɪtrɪn/, U.S. /ˈsɪtrin/, /ˈsɪtrən/, /ˈsɪtraɪn/
Forms: Middle English citherin, Middle English sitryne, Middle English–1500s citryn, Middle English–1500s citryne, Middle English–1500s cytrine, Middle English–1500s cytryn, Middle English–1500s cytryne, Middle English–1600s cytrin, Middle English–1600s 1800s– citrin, Middle English– citrine, 1500s cetrine, 1500s sitterine, 1500s sytryne, 1600s setryne, 1700s sitrine. N.E.D. (1889) also records a form late Middle English citren.
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French citrine; Latin citrinus.
Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman cyterin, Anglo-Norman and Middle French citrin (French citrin ) (adjective) lemon-coloured, yellowish (a1150 in Old French), (feminine noun) citrine yellowish precious stone (end of the 12th cent. in Old French; 14th cent. as cytherin , masculine noun), and its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin citrinus lemon-coloured (from 12th cent. in British sources) < classical Latin citrus citrus n. + -īnus -ine suffix1. Compare Old Occitan citrin (13th cent.), Spanish cetrino (c1250; also †citrino ), Portuguese citrino (14th cent.; also as noun, denoting both the colour and the precious stone), Italian citrino (13th cent.), adjectives. Compare later citron adj.With the use as noun in sense B. 1 compare Spanish cetrina (15th cent.), and later citron n. 2. With sense B. 2 compare post-classical Latin pomum citrinum lemon, citron (from a1217 in British sources), Anglo-Norman and Middle French pome citrine , Middle French pomme citrine lemon, in Anglo-Norman also orange (13th cent. or earlier), Italian pomo citrino citron (second half of the 14th cent.; late 13th cent. as †pome citrino ), and also Middle French citrin (c1450, denoting a kind of yellow myrobalan). Compare also citron n. With sense B. 3 compare Middle French, French citrine , feminine noun (end of the 12th cent. in Old French; compare also Middle French cytherin , citrin , masculine noun (14th cent.)), post-classical Latin lapis citrinus , sapphirus citrinus (perhaps) topaz (from 13th cent. in British sources), Old Occitan cetrin , citrin (end of the 15th cent.), Italian citrino yellowish variety of quartz (apparently a1748 or earlier; compare quot. 1748).
A. adj.
Reddish or brownish yellow; citron-coloured; (of the skin or complexion) sallow.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [adjective] > pale yellow > greenish
subcitrinec1386
citrinea1398
citron-coloured1574
citrean1656
citrinous1665
primrose-coloured1747
lemon-coloured1758
primrose1788
lemon-yellow1807
citron-hued1852
lemon1875
primrosy1882
citron1924
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. iv. x. 159 Þe skyn is ȝelowȝ oþir citrine.
c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1309 Hise eyen [were] bright Citryn.
?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 157v Waterlechez..ar a maner blacke wormes..wiþ citrine and ȝelow lynez after þaire backe.
c1450 J. Lydgate Secrees (Sloane 2464) l. 1354 (MED) Coleryk men, Citryn of visage.
1528 T. Paynell tr. Arnaldus de Villa Nova in Joannes de Mediolano Regimen Sanitatis Salerni sig. F.iij Some wynes be whyte, some claret, some citrine, and some blacke.
1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 9 a Citrine or yelowe choler.
1577 J. Frampton tr. N. Monardes Ioyfull Newes f. 27 It [sc. Mechoacan-root] doth euacuate the Cetrine Water, of them that haue the Dropsie, with muche easines.
1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke iii. 172 The wood aloes and citrine or yeallow sanders.
1651 tr. J. Pape Conc. Apothecaries Confecting Medicines in R. Record Urinal of Physick (new ed.) 231 I increase the fire in a small sublimatory..till the glasse is fired or heated with a purple brightnes, and a citrine or red flowers ascend.
1729 J. Clutton Short & Certain Method Curing Continu'd Fevers iii. 16 The urine becomes citrine and subsides.
1811 Retrospect Philos., Mech., Chem. & Agric. Discov. 7 2 The extract yielded..water slightly acidulated, which when filtered was citrine.
1879 L. Wingfield My Lords of Strogue II. v. 120 Dense, slippery citrine hair.
1926 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1925 77 27 Color of outer surface of shell Deep Olive Buff,..and clouded with Citrine Drab along the ridge.
1985 S. Sucharitkul Alien Swordmaster i. iii. 16 His eyes shone, but their luster was an alien luster, hinting of a cold citrine fire.
2005 A. M. Oliver & P. Sternberg Road to Martyrs' Square 55 We washed our new prints under the citrine glow of the dark-room lights.
B. n.
1. A citrine colour.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [noun] > pale yellow > greenish
citrinea1398
citrineness?a1425
citrinity?a1425
primrose colour1600
citron1612
lemon-colour1707
lemon1794
primrose1805
primrose yellow1839
lemon-hue1845
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. vii. 1276 Bitwene whyte and rede þe ȝolow is toward þe white and þe citryne toward þe rede... Cytryne is furþer fro blak þan is purpure.
a1550 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (Bodl. e Mus.) l. 1540 Rufe and cytrine Be meane colours betwene whit and reade.
1565 J. Hall tr. Lanfranc Most Excellent Woorke Chirurg. iii. i. 32 That corruption, if it haue a coloure tendinge to citrine, or redde: lette it be washed wyth coulde, and stipticke lotions.
1671 H. Stubbe Epistolary Disc. Phlebotomy 116 The serum inclining to citrine.
1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis i. 157 Papilio major... The Wings are painted with citrine and black.
1700 C. Leigh Nat. Hist. Lancs. i. ii. 38 This Water at the Fountain with Galls yields a Tincture inclining to a faint Orange; if kept any considerable time in Glass Bottles a perfect Citrine.
1820 Pamphleteer 17 201 Citrine is subordinate to russet.
1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 182/2 Orange and green produce citrine.
1884 Girl's Own Mag. 8 Mar. 354/1 The tertiary colours, olive, citrine, and russet.
1922 E. B. Thompson Silk x. 94 Brown requires black for its basis, with a mixture of citrine and olive.
1962 Jrnl. Relig. 42 284/1 One can indicate what he means by pointing out that citrine is a color.
2008 J. A. Cannick Ebony July 73/1 As for fashion, Serena..says that this summer, it's all about color... Don't be surprised to see her sporting citrine and tangerine on her nails.
2. A citrus fruit, probably either the citron or the lemon. Cf. citron n. 1a. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > citrus fruit > citron or lemon
citrine?c1425
cedre1708
cedrat1780
?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Paris) (1971) 393 With þe iuse of citrines [Fr. citron; L. citri].
1580 T. Newton Approoued Med. f. 4 Malum Citrinum: Malum medicum: The Pome Citron, or Citrine.
1625 T. Godwin Moses & Aaron iii. vi. 145 1. The Citrine tree. 2. The Palme tree. 3. The Myrtle tree. 4. The Willow of the brooke. The Rabbines teach, that euerie man brought euerie morning his burden of the boughes of these foure trees.
3. A precious or semi-precious stone consisting of a yellow variety of quartz, typically coloured by the presence of iron atoms; cf. citrine quartz n. at Compounds 2. Also called false topaz.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > rock crystal > [noun] > citrine
citrine1571
citron1838
the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > tectosilicate > [noun] > quartz > crystalline quartzes > others
amethysta1300
citrine1571
morion1748
rose quartz1793
smoky quartz1837
citron1838
tea-stone1848
smoke quartz1872
Cupid's dart1910
1571 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Queen Elizabeth (1908) 139 Stones called Sitterines and Topiasses with enamellings.
1748 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. I. 180 Our Jewellers have learnt from the French and Italians..to call it Citrine.
1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 241 Pale yellow [quartz], otherwise called Citrine.
1840 R. Browning Sordello vi. 448 Cool citrine-crystals.
1892 Collector 3 76/2 The lapidary work is marvellous... One of the finest examples contains..small fruits cut from rhodonite, citrine, onyx..and jade.
1946 Geogr. Rev. 36 244 The most exploited stones in this category are aquamarine, tourmaline, topaz, citrine, [etc.].
1993 R. Bradshaw tr. W. Schumann Handbk. Rocks, Minerals, & Gemstones 174 Citrines can be produced by heating amethyst and smoky quartz.
2004 C. Rose & G. C. Ferdock in S. B. Castor & G. C. Ferdock Minerals of Nevada (Nevada Bureau Mines & Geol. Special Pub. 31) ii. 77/2 The locality also produces faceting-grade citrine.

Compounds

C1.
citrine-hued adj. rare
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a1450 (a1420) J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Digby 232) f. 135/1 Men..longe & lene Consumpt, sklendre, broun, & citryn hewed [c1425 Augustus ceferyn hewed].
a1904 L. Hearn in M. Bronner Lett. from Raven (1908) 194 Uncommonly tall were those famous beauties, citrine-hued, elegant of stature.
C2.
citrine ointment n. (also †ointment citrine) [compare post-classical Latin unguentum citrinum (first half of the 16th cent. or earlier), Anglo-Norman oignement citrin (14th or 15th cent.), Spanish ungüento citrino (1493)] now historical any of various yellowish ointments used to treat skin blemishes or eye conditions, made from a range of ingredients including crushed shells, white lead or other minerals, and (sometimes) bark, rind, or juice from a citron, orange, etc.; spec. (since the 18th cent.) an ointment containing mercuric nitrate.
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c1425 tr. J. Arderne Treat. Fistula (Sloane 6) (1910) 65 (MED) Citrine oi [n] tment.
1526 Grete Herball cccxxi. sig. Siiv/1 To whyte the face put this powdre in oyntment cytryne & anoynte ye face.
1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 237 Dentalium and Entalium..are as yet but little used, and not but in the Citrine ointment.
1780 J. Ware Remarks Ophthalmy 91 When the irritation was, in some degree, abated, the Citrine Ointment was also applied again.
1829 R. Reece Monthly Gaz. Health Nov. 745 For irritative piles and leprous affections of the skin:—Take of Expressed Oil..; Citrine Ointment;..of each three drachms.
1861 C. R. Gilman Beck's Lect. Materia Medica (ed. 3) 189 Unguentum Nitratis Hydrargyri.—Commonly known by the name of Citrin Ointment. Prepared by dissolving mercury in nitric acid, and then adding a certain proportion of lard and oil while the solution is hot.
1925 Public Health Rep. (U.S. Public Health Service) 40 2870 Only four mercurial ointments are now official, the ointment of mercuric nitrate, or citrine ointment, being deleted.
2006 J. Tayman Colony i. 62 A hospital and schoolhouse had been built in the settlement..and a case of medicine shipped over, mostly Epsom salts and citrine ointment.
citrine quartz n. = sense B. 3.
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1866 Edinb. Rev. July 250 Of these [varieties] the pale yellow is termed citrine quartz, the more orange ‘Bohemian’ and ‘Spanish topaz’.
1980 Sci. Amer. Oct. 118/1 Amethyst when heated changes color, becoming either citrine quartz or a rare greened quartz.
2008 A. Thomas Gemstones v. 93/2 Citrine quartz gained popularity as the poor-man's topaz.

Derivatives

citrinize v. [after post-classical Latin citrinare (see citrination n.); compare French †citriniser to become citrine (1612; reflexive)] Obsolete transitive to make yellow; cf. citronize v.
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the world > matter > alchemy > alchemical processes > [verb (transitive)] > to make yellow
citrinize1664
1664 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Wks. vi. 868 The cocting and drying of that mucky snivel, cannot citrinize [L. citrinare] the pale colour of the same.
1678 R. Russel tr. Jabir ibn Haiyan Wks. Geber ii. i. iii. xii. 80 Which citrinizeth (or Colours) it [sc. copper] with good Yellowness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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