† ambreadan.

Forms: 1700s amberada, 1700s ambreada.

Origin: Probably a borrowing from Portuguese. Etymon: Portuguese ambreada.

Etymology: Probably < Portuguese ambreada (although this is first attested later: 1818 or earlier) < ambrear to make lustrous like amber (1818 or earlier; < ambra amber n.²) + -ada -ade suffix.Compare French †ambreade (1748 in the passage translated in quot. 1751), Spanish ambreada (1906 or earlier as noun in this sense; 1867 or earlier as feminine form of an adjective in the sense ‘amber-coloured’). The form amberada perhaps shows remodelling after amber n.² N.E.D. (1884) gives the pronunciation as (ɑmbriˌā·dă) /ɑːmbriːˈɑːdə/, /æmbriːˈɑːdə/.

Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

Artificial amber used by Europeans for trading in West Africa.

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ambreada1751

1751 M. Postlethwayt tr. J. Savary des Brûlons Universal Dict. Trade I. 54/2 Ambreada, thus they call the false, or factitious amber, which the Europeans use in their trade with the negroes on the coast of Africa. [Also in later dictionaries.]

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	ambreada
释义	† ambreadan. Forms: 1700s amberada, 1700s ambreada. Origin: Probably a borrowing from Portuguese. Etymon: Portuguese ambreada. Etymology: Probably < Portuguese ambreada (although this is first attested later: 1818 or earlier) < ambrear to make lustrous like amber (1818 or earlier; < ambra amber n.²) + -ada -ade suffix.Compare French †ambreade (1748 in the passage translated in quot. 1751), Spanish ambreada (1906 or earlier as noun in this sense; 1867 or earlier as feminine form of an adjective in the sense ‘amber-coloured’). The form amberada perhaps shows remodelling after amber n.² N.E.D. (1884) gives the pronunciation as (ɑmbriˌā·dă) /ɑːmbriːˈɑːdə/, /æmbriːˈɑːdə/. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. Artificial amber used by Europeans for trading in West Africa. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > artificial stone > [noun] > artificial amber ambreada1751 1751 M. Postlethwayt tr. J. Savary des Brûlons Universal Dict. Trade I. 54/2 Ambreada, thus they call the false, or factitious amber, which the Europeans use in their trade with the negroes on the coast of Africa. [Also in later dictionaries.] This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1751
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