couleurn.

/kuːˈləː/

Etymology: < French couleur colour.

1. couleur de rose adj. and adv. (a) (as adj.) rose-coloured, roseate; (b) (as adv.) in a rosy light, in an aspect to which fancy lends undue attractions.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > optimism > [adjective] > unrealistically

rose-coloured1780

couleur de rose1783

rose-tinted1783

Panglossian1831

rose pink1837

Micawber-like1855

Micawberish1859

Pangloss1881

blue-sky1895

Panglossic1926

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > optimism > [adverb] > unrealistic

couleur de rose1783

Micawber-like1857

Micawberishly1940

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > optimism > [noun] > unrealistic > view of life based on

couleur de rose1783

1783 H. Walpole Lett. to Earl Strafford June 24 I confess my reflections are couleur de rose at present.

1835 T. Hood Poetry, Prose, & Worse xxxiii Our warfare is deadly and horrid..Nor tinted with couleur de rose.

1851 W. R. Greg Misc. Ess. 2nd Ser. 143 Not disposed to draw a picture couleur de rose of the condition of our people.

2. In Rouge et Noir: see quots.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > games of chance played with cards > [noun] > Rouge et Noir > colour

red1793

noir1805

rouge1805

couleur1867

1867 H. G. Bohn et al. Hand-bk. Games (new ed.) 343 The punters place on the Rouge, the Noir, the Couleur, or the Inverse, the sum they wish to risk.

1909 ‘L. Hoffmann’ Hoyle's Games Modernized 465 The other chance, the Couleur and Inverse, is decided by the colour of the first card turned up. If the colour of this card corresponds with the colour of the winning row, then Couleur wins; if it is of the opposite colour, then Inverse wins.

1957 Encycl. Brit. XX. 456/1 A bet on couleur wins if the first card dealt is of the colour designating the winning row.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2018).

单词	couleur
释义	couleurn. /kuːˈləː/ Etymology: < French couleur colour. 1. couleur de rose adj. and adv. (a) (as adj.) rose-coloured, roseate; (b) (as adv.) in a rosy light, in an aspect to which fancy lends undue attractions. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > optimism > [adjective] > unrealistically rose-coloured1780 couleur de rose1783 rose-tinted1783 Panglossian1831 rose pink1837 Micawber-like1855 Micawberish1859 Pangloss1881 blue-sky1895 Panglossic1926 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > optimism > [adverb] > unrealistic couleur de rose1783 Micawber-like1857 Micawberishly1940 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > optimism > [noun] > unrealistic > view of life based on couleur de rose1783 1783 H. Walpole Lett. to Earl Strafford June 24 I confess my reflections are couleur de rose at present. 1835 T. Hood Poetry, Prose, & Worse xxxiii Our warfare is deadly and horrid..Nor tinted with couleur de rose. 1851 W. R. Greg Misc. Ess. 2nd Ser. 143 Not disposed to draw a picture couleur de rose of the condition of our people. 2. In Rouge et Noir: see quots. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > games of chance played with cards > [noun] > Rouge et Noir > colour red1793 noir1805 rouge1805 couleur1867 1867 H. G. Bohn et al. Hand-bk. Games (new ed.) 343 The punters place on the Rouge, the Noir, the Couleur, or the Inverse, the sum they wish to risk. 1909 ‘L. Hoffmann’ Hoyle's Games Modernized 465 The other chance, the Couleur and Inverse, is decided by the colour of the first card turned up. If the colour of this card corresponds with the colour of the winning row, then Couleur wins; if it is of the opposite colour, then Inverse wins. 1957 Encycl. Brit. XX. 456/1 A bet on couleur wins if the first card dealt is of the colour designating the winning row. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < n.1783
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