darkroomn.

Brit.

/ˈdɑːkruːm/,

/ˈdɑːkrʊm/, U.S.

/ˈdɑrkˌrum/,

/ˈdɑrkˌrʊm/

Forms: see dark adj. and room n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dark adj., room n.¹

Etymology: < dark adj. + room n.¹In sense 2 perhaps as a calque on post-classical Latin camera obscura camera obscura n., although the relative priority of the two is unclear.

†1. A place of confinement for a person considered insane. Cf. dark house n. at dark adj. Compounds 2. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > confinement > [noun] > place of confinement > for madman

dark housec1225

darkrooma1616

a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iv. iv. 95 Both Man and Master is possest..They must be bound and laide in some darke roome.

1687 G. Jeffreys in J. R. Bloxham Magdalen Coll. & James II (1886) (modernized text) 61 This man ought to be kept in a dark room. Why do you suffer him without a guardian?

1710 E. Ward Nuptial Dialogues & Deb. II. xvii. 341 Give me mad Man's Law, A Chain, dark Room, a Porridge-Bowl, and Straw.

1756 Read's Weekly Jrnl. 19 June This fanatick has been taken into custody, and shut up in a dark room, where he will have leisure to indulge his visionary contemplations without disturbing the public.

†2. A camera obscura. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > instruments for projecting image > [noun] > camera obscura or lucida

darkroom1635

dark chamber1658

scioptric1704

dark tent1706

obscura camera1706

camera obscura1716

camera1734

camera lucida1753

box camera1828

1635 J. Lechmere Relection Conf. Reall Presence 84 Things come into your imagination, as images thorough a little hole into a dark roome; where men are seene walking with their heeles vpward.

1670 in T. Birch Hist. Royal Soc. (1756) II. 439 The experiment of applying the representation of the outward objects in a dark room to painting was repeated.

1887 E. L. Wilson Quarter Cent. Photogr. i. 18 Through a tiny hole in a shutter the rays of light entered into a dark-room and drew upon a white screen the image of objects outside, reversed.

3. Photography. A room from which all light is excluded except that provided by a safelight, used for developing photographs, plates, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > photographic processes > processing and printing equipment > [noun] > darkroom

darkroom1841

dark chamber1851

1841 Bristol Mercury 14 Aug. 8/5 The plate is then taken from the camera and again restored to the dark case. At this time there is nothing visible on its surface, and it is again taken to the dark room, where it is introduced into a box containing mercurial vapour.

1852 F. Newton Specif. Brit. Patent 179 1 Apparatus for taking photographic pictures without the use of a dark room.

1940 Pop. Mech. Sept. 450/2 The work must be done in a subdued light such as provided by a darkroom safelamp.

2010 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 22 Apr. e4 Auto reversal paper was spread over a table in a darkroom with only a safelight on.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).

单词	darkroom
释义	darkroomn. Brit. /ˈdɑːkruːm/, /ˈdɑːkrʊm/, U.S. /ˈdɑrkˌrum/, /ˈdɑrkˌrʊm/ Forms: see dark adj. and room n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dark adj., room n.¹ Etymology: < dark adj. + room n.¹In sense 2 perhaps as a calque on post-classical Latin camera obscura camera obscura n., although the relative priority of the two is unclear. †1. A place of confinement for a person considered insane. Cf. dark house n. at dark adj. Compounds 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > confinement > [noun] > place of confinement > for madman dark housec1225 darkrooma1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iv. iv. 95 Both Man and Master is possest..They must be bound and laide in some darke roome. 1687 G. Jeffreys in J. R. Bloxham Magdalen Coll. & James II (1886) (modernized text) 61 This man ought to be kept in a dark room. Why do you suffer him without a guardian? 1710 E. Ward Nuptial Dialogues & Deb. II. xvii. 341 Give me mad Man's Law, A Chain, dark Room, a Porridge-Bowl, and Straw. 1756 Read's Weekly Jrnl. 19 June This fanatick has been taken into custody, and shut up in a dark room, where he will have leisure to indulge his visionary contemplations without disturbing the public. †2. A camera obscura. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > instruments for projecting image > [noun] > camera obscura or lucida darkroom1635 dark chamber1658 scioptric1704 dark tent1706 obscura camera1706 camera obscura1716 camera1734 camera lucida1753 box camera1828 1635 J. Lechmere Relection Conf. Reall Presence 84 Things come into your imagination, as images thorough a little hole into a dark roome; where men are seene walking with their heeles vpward. 1670 in T. Birch Hist. Royal Soc. (1756) II. 439 The experiment of applying the representation of the outward objects in a dark room to painting was repeated. 1887 E. L. Wilson Quarter Cent. Photogr. i. 18 Through a tiny hole in a shutter the rays of light entered into a dark-room and drew upon a white screen the image of objects outside, reversed. 3. Photography. A room from which all light is excluded except that provided by a safelight, used for developing photographs, plates, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > photographic processes > processing and printing equipment > [noun] > darkroom darkroom1841 dark chamber1851 1841 Bristol Mercury 14 Aug. 8/5 The plate is then taken from the camera and again restored to the dark case. At this time there is nothing visible on its surface, and it is again taken to the dark room, where it is introduced into a box containing mercurial vapour. 1852 F. Newton Specif. Brit. Patent 179 1 Apparatus for taking photographic pictures without the use of a dark room. 1940 Pop. Mech. Sept. 450/2 The work must be done in a subdued light such as provided by a darkroom safelamp. 2010 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 22 Apr. e4 Auto reversal paper was spread over a table in a darkroom with only a safelight on. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < n.a1616
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