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单词 colophonian
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Colophonianadj.1

/kɒləˈfəʊnɪən/
Etymology: < Latin Colophōnius, < proper name Colophōn (see colophony n.) + -an suffix.
Of or pertaining to Colophon; spec. in Colophonian gum, Colophonian resin = colophony.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > processed resinous materials > [noun] > distilled from turpentine
colophonya1398
Colophonian resin1601
Greek pitch1657
colophane1838
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 258 Two spoonfuls of Colophonian rosin.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

colophonianadj.2

The meaning ‘relating to a colophon or the conclusion of a book’ given in Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (1881, citing Cudworth) and some later dictionaries, is apparently an error based on the following quot., in which the word means ‘an inhabitant of Colophon’, a town in Lydia.
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1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 226 The same thing is..intimated by Xenophanes the Colophonian.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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