单词 | citrineness |
释义 | citrinenessn. rare after 16th cent. The quality or state of being citrine; yellowness. Cf. citrinity n. ΘΚΠ 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 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 156 (MED) That forseid þat declyneþ to grossenes & blacnez and citrinesse [L. citrinitatem]..is melancolic blode. 1528 T. Paynell tr. Arnaldus de Villa Nova in Joannes de Mediolano Regimen Sanitatis Salerni sig. B iij b Vnnaturall coler is the fome of blud, whose coler is ruddy and clere, that is, citrine, in the laste degree of citrines. 1571 T. Hill Contempl. Mankinde xii. sig. Cij The bodies hauing a darcke colour, which are neerer to a cytrynesse, are of a hote complexion. 1680 J. F. Houpreght tr. Bernardus Trevisanus in Aurifontina Chymica 248 Which Oyl retains the colour of its Spirit always, until it be re-thickned, and then first of all it puts on the Royal Ensigns, that is, a citrineness and Metalline form. 1967 D. C. Clarke tr. J. V. Agudiez Afternoons Thérèze Lamarck 119 Laskas' pallidity..collects yellowish reflections that, of a sudden, establish themselves in citrineness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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