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单词 aigue-marine
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aigue-marinen.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French aigue-marine.
Etymology: < French aigue-marine bluish-green variety of beryl (1680), extended use of †aigue-marine colour resembling that of sea water (1611 in Cotgrave in an apparently isolated attestation; 1578 in Middle French as adjective in sense ‘of the colour of sea water’) < Middle French aigue water (12th cent. in Old French; < classical Latin aqua water: see aqua n.1; compare eau n.) + marine , feminine of marin marine adj. Compare earlier aquamarine n.
Obsolete.
= aquamarine n. 1.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > beryl > [noun] > aquamarine
seawater1617
aquamarine1728
aigue-marine1730
1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum Aigue Marine, see Aqua marina.
1766 E. Delaval in Philos. Trans. 1765 (Royal Soc.) 55 21 The colour will be blueish, and bordering on the colour of the aigue marine.
1868 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 5) 245 Beryl or ‘Aigue-marine’.
1887 Sunday Inter Ocean (Chicago) 17 June 14/4 The topaze is married with the amethyst, the garnet with the moonstone, the aigue-marine with the Brazilian ruby.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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