单词 | crimsoning |
释义 | crimsoningn. 1. The action of colouring something crimson; (now usually) the process of becoming crimson or red, esp. with embarrassment, rage, etc. Also: an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > manifestation of emotion > [noun] > physical feeling resulting from emotion > reddening of face > action of reddingOE blushing1581 crimsoning1789 1789 tr. J. Hellot in tr. J. Hellot et al. Art of dying Wool, Silk, & Cotton (new ed.) i. xiii. 139 The liquor which had been used for crimsoning is red. 1834 W. A. Caruthers Kentuckian in N.Y. I. iv. 43 An occasional crimsoning of the neck and face. 1874 Galaxy Apr. 520/2 The young stranger, the sudden crimsoning of whose cheek showed her to be not without interest in the scene that was transpiring. 1907 L. Hearn Kokoro viii. 90 The crimsoning of maples in autumn. 1999 Guardian (Nexis) 1 Nov. (Media section) 2 Is he worried..? Only the quickening of [his] speech and a slight crimsoning of the cheek suggests that this is a major concern. 2. Chiefly poetic. A shade of crimson. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun] > shades of red > deep red or crimson crimson madderOE purpureOE murrey1305 tuly1398 oxblood?1440 crimson?a1475 sanguinea1500 carnation?1533 murrey colour1537 purple-red1565 ruby1572 sanguine red1601 velvet-crimson1646 lake1660 lac1682 rubine1704 madder red1728 ruby-red1738 granate1750 palm-colour1773 morone1777 carmine1799 vinaceous1819 incarnadine1821 crimsoning1833 pigeon's blood1865 solferinoc1865 Burgundy1881 sang-de-bœuf1881 vermilion-crimson1882 claret1884 royal red1890 wine1895 pigeon ruby red1897 Bordeaux1904 peony1914 madder crimson1991 1833 E. S. Wortley Poems 130 Your very atmosphere burns deep with the crimsonings of the rose! 1873 G. M. Hopkins Jrnls. & Papers (1959) 240 Balks of grey cloud searched with long crimsonings. 1898 G. M. Hopkins Poems (1967) 39 When the rose ran in crimsonings down the cross-wood! 1920 L. M. Montgomery Further Chron. Avonlea (2008) x. 107 The eastern sky was a great arc of crystal, smitten through with auroral crimsonings. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). crimsoningadj. That is becoming crimson. ΚΠ 1787 J. Bennett Strictures Female Educ. 139 Their [sc. women's] sweetest graces are the crimsoning blush and the retiring timidity. 1861 C. Norton Lady of La Garaye iv. 378 As the fresh bud a crimsoning beauty shows. 1886 Peterson's Mag. Feb. 152/2 She turns away her crimsoning cheek. a1926 D. Harris Poetry (1927) 39 Smashed like a frog in a ditch..Sprawled in a crimsoning puddle. 1957 R. Humphries tr. Ovid Art of Love 187 Everything in due time for the man who lives in the country, Plucking the ripened grape, treading the crimsoning juice. 2005 B. Jacques Rakkety Tam 186 Foxes and ermine pushing from behind stumbled to a halt in the crimsoning waters. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1789adj.1787 |
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