egretn.

Brit.

/ˈiːɡrᵻt/, U.S.

/ˈiɡrət/,

/ˈiˌɡrɛt/

Forms: late Middle English–1500s egrete, late Middle English–1500s egrette, late Middle English– egret, 1500s egripte, 1500s–1600s eggret, 1600s egript, 1700s eggritte, 1700s eigrette. See also aigrette n.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French egret, egrette.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman egret, egrette, Middle French egraite, Middle French, French aigrette lesser white heron (second half of the 13th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman as egré ; a1376 in continental Middle French), feathery pappus of the seeds of certain plants (1694; so called on account of its resemblance to the bird's tuft), probably < an unattested Old Occitan form *aigreta < aigr- (in Old Occitan aigron heron n.) + Old Occitan -eta -et suffix¹. Compare modern Occitan eigreto tuft, plume (a1650, recorded in F. Mistral Tresor dou Felibrige (1879–86 )), heron (1723 or earlier), although this may show a borrowing < French. Compare later aigrette n.

1. Any of various small or medium-sized herons, chiefly of the genus Egretta, typically with white or buff plumage and fine filamentous plumes down the back in the breeding season; esp. (in earlier use) the little egret, E. garzetta, of the Old World. Cf. aigrette n. 2. Also attributive.Several species of egret occur as morphs in colours other than white.cattle, reddish, white egret, etc.: see the first element.

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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Ardeidae (herons and bitterns) > member of genus Egretta (miscellaneous) > egretta garzetta (egret)

egret1411

criell heron1565

1411 in J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices (1882) (modernized text) III. 129/2 Egrets 4 @ 1/2.

c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 95 (MED) I fly a boue the skyes heyere than eyther heroun or egret.

?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Civ Theggret, laigret.

1589 J. Sparke in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations iii. 542 An Egripte..is all white as the swanne, with legges like to an hearneshewe.

?1625 F. Godwin Succession of Bishops of Eng. 611 The Prouision for the said feast [at the enthronement of Archbishop Neville of York in 1465]... Quayles 100. Egrets 1000. Rees 200.

1768 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) II. 513 Egrets, a species of Heron now scarce known in this island.

1849 C. Brontë Shirley III. viii. 178 As quiet poultry might look on an egret.

1859 J. E. Tennent Ceylon II. ix. iv. 455 Snowy egrets..station themselves lower down to watch the fish.

1882 Cent. Mag. Feb. 540 The white-plumed egrets, skyward-springing over our blue sea hover, and hasten to light anew on their own dear shore.

1947 R. Bedichek Adventures with Texas Naturalist xix. 253 An American egret approaches the nest to relieve his mate of the care of the eggs.

1982 W. L. Heat Moon Blue Highways ix. xi. 379 We could see egrets down on the tidal flats of the Cohansey as they nippered up little crabs swarming the brown mud.

2009 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 28 May 24/1 For a while, the tree moves with a white restlessness of egrets stowing and unstowing their over-long wings.

2. = aigrette n. 1a.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > other

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horn1340

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templesc1430

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knapscall1498

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attire1530

faille1530

muzzle1542

corneta1547

abacot1548

wase1548

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Paris head1561

shadow1578

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oreillet1603

scoffion1604

coif1617

aigrette1631

egreta1645

drail1647

topknotc1686

slop1688

Burgundy1701

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fly-cap1753

capriole1756

lappet-head1761

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kennel1896

roach1910

Deely bobber1982

a1645 W. Browne Circe & Ulysses (1954) iii. 30 Egrettes with a greene fall.

1760 J. Baylor Let. 16 Sept. in F. Mason John Norton & Sons (1968) 10 A Redd Sarcenett Quilted Petticoat. An Egret & capp wire.

1765 G. A. Stevens Celebrated Lect. on Heads (new ed.) ii. 11 From Minerva's helmet the ladies seem to have taken the custom of wearing bonnets; the pompoon, or egret, from the half moon that encircled the temple of Diana.

1834 Beau Monde 1 Feb. 30/1 A blond cap, the trimming in front forming an areola supported by an egret of cut ribbon ends.

1897 City & State 18 Nov. 99/2 Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett..was thoroughly astonished, a short time ago, at the wide-spread manifestation of evident disapproval when she appeared at a function in her honor with an egret in her hair.

1909 J. Galsworthy Fraternity x. 107 A lady, with an egret in her hat, was stretching out a slim silk-stockinged foot, waiting for a boot.

2011 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 16 Apr. (Mag.) (caption) A Victorian egret, which would have decorated a hat.

3. The feathery pappus on the fruits of certain plants (as dandelion and thistle) which aids in their aerial dispersal. Cf. aigrette n. 1b. Now rare.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > composite plant > part of plant

flower1530

pale1578

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blade1672

floret1672

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radius1727

ray1727

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anthodium1812

periclinium1826

pericline1855

chaff-scale1856

phyllary1857

anthode1865

arrowlet1872

1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. vi. 74 Seeds in which the down or egret..is sessile.

1800 J. Hurdis Favorite Village iii. 110 Egret from the head Of thistle ravished.

1876 Fanciers' Jrnl. & Poultry Exchange 15 May 218/2 I noticed them feeding upon nothing but the egret of the thistle and dandelion.

1996 P. Jolivet Ants & Plants viii. 155 The pappiferous seeds (pappus = feathery hairs covering the fruit, egret) of those Asclepiadaceae carry a narrow, white caruncle.

Compounds

egret monkey n. [after French aigrette (1766 in this sense: Buffon Hist. nat. XIV. 190; compare singe aigrette (1802 or earlier)); the monkey was so called by Buffon on account of the tuft on the top of its head] now historical a kind of monkey, apparently the female of certain macaques.

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the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [noun] > group Catarrhinae (Old World monkey) > family Cercopithecidae > genus Macaca (macaque)

macaque1757

macaco1774

egret monkey1780

Macacus1834

1780 W. Smellie in tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. Gen. & Particular VIII. 140 (note) The egret monkey, with a long face, and an upright sharp pointed tuft on the top of the head.

1803 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. I. 60 The Egret Monkey is somewhat of the colour of a wolf.

1896 Miss Lang in A. Lang Animal Story Bk. 243 The egret monkeys are great thieves... They put as many stalks as they can carry in their mouths, in each paw, and under each arm.

1983 K. Thomas Man & Nat. World ii. 58 As for the egret monkey, ‘few animals are more dirty, ugly, or loathsome’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	egret
释义	egretn. Brit. /ˈiːɡrᵻt/, U.S. /ˈiɡrət/, /ˈiˌɡrɛt/ Forms: late Middle English–1500s egrete, late Middle English–1500s egrette, late Middle English– egret, 1500s egripte, 1500s–1600s eggret, 1600s egript, 1700s eggritte, 1700s eigrette. See also aigrette n. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French egret, egrette. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman egret, egrette, Middle French egraite, Middle French, French aigrette lesser white heron (second half of the 13th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman as egré ; a1376 in continental Middle French), feathery pappus of the seeds of certain plants (1694; so called on account of its resemblance to the bird's tuft), probably < an unattested Old Occitan form aigreta < aigr-* (in Old Occitan aigron heron n.) + Old Occitan -eta -et suffix¹. Compare modern Occitan eigreto tuft, plume (a1650, recorded in F. Mistral Tresor dou Felibrige (1879–86 )), heron (1723 or earlier), although this may show a borrowing < French. Compare later aigrette n. 1. Any of various small or medium-sized herons, chiefly of the genus Egretta, typically with white or buff plumage and fine filamentous plumes down the back in the breeding season; esp. (in earlier use) the little egret, E. garzetta, of the Old World. Cf. aigrette n. 2. Also attributive.Several species of egret occur as morphs in colours other than white.cattle, reddish, white egret, etc.: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Ardeidae (herons and bitterns) > member of genus Egretta (miscellaneous) > egretta garzetta (egret) egret1411 criell heron1565 1411 in J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices (1882) (modernized text) III. 129/2 Egrets 4 @ 1/2. c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 95 (MED) I fly a boue the skyes heyere than eyther heroun or egret. ?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Civ Theggret, laigret. 1589 J. Sparke in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations iii. 542 An Egripte..is all white as the swanne, with legges like to an hearneshewe. ?1625 F. Godwin Succession of Bishops of Eng. 611 The Prouision for the said feast [at the enthronement of Archbishop Neville of York in 1465]... Quayles 100. Egrets 1000. Rees 200. 1768 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) II. 513 Egrets, a species of Heron now scarce known in this island. 1849 C. Brontë Shirley III. viii. 178 As quiet poultry might look on an egret. 1859 J. E. Tennent Ceylon II. ix. iv. 455 Snowy egrets..station themselves lower down to watch the fish. 1882 Cent. Mag. Feb. 540 The white-plumed egrets, skyward-springing over our blue sea hover, and hasten to light anew on their own dear shore. 1947 R. Bedichek Adventures with Texas Naturalist xix. 253 An American egret approaches the nest to relieve his mate of the care of the eggs. 1982 W. L. Heat Moon Blue Highways ix. xi. 379 We could see egrets down on the tidal flats of the Cohansey as they nippered up little crabs swarming the brown mud. 2009 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 28 May 24/1 For a while, the tree moves with a white restlessness of egrets stowing and unstowing their over-long wings. 2. = aigrette n. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > other dorlot1340 horn1340 vitremytec1386 templesc1430 bycocket1464 burlet1490 knapscall1498 shapion1504 shaffron1511 paste1527 attire1530 faille1530 muzzle1542 corneta1547 abacot1548 wase1548 wrapper1548 tiring1552 basket1555 bilimenta1556 Paris head1561 shadow1578 head-roll1583 mitre1585 whitehead1588 crispa1592 ship-tire1602 oreillet1603 scoffion1604 coif1617 aigrette1631 egreta1645 drail1647 topknotc1686 slop1688 Burgundy1701 bandore1708 fly-cap1753 capriole1756 lappet-head1761 fly1773 turban1776 pouf1788 knapscapa1802 chip1804 toque1817 bonnet1837 casquette1840 war bonnet1845 taj1851 pugree1859 kennel1896 roach1910 Deely bobber1982 a1645 W. Browne Circe & Ulysses (1954) iii. 30 Egrettes with a greene fall. 1760 J. Baylor Let. 16 Sept. in F. Mason John Norton & Sons (1968) 10 A Redd Sarcenett Quilted Petticoat. An Egret & capp wire. 1765 G. A. Stevens Celebrated Lect. on Heads (new ed.) ii. 11 From Minerva's helmet the ladies seem to have taken the custom of wearing bonnets; the pompoon, or egret, from the half moon that encircled the temple of Diana. 1834 Beau Monde 1 Feb. 30/1 A blond cap, the trimming in front forming an areola supported by an egret of cut ribbon ends. 1897 City & State 18 Nov. 99/2 Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett..was thoroughly astonished, a short time ago, at the wide-spread manifestation of evident disapproval when she appeared at a function in her honor with an egret in her hair. 1909 J. Galsworthy Fraternity x. 107 A lady, with an egret in her hat, was stretching out a slim silk-stockinged foot, waiting for a boot. 2011 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 16 Apr. (Mag.) (caption) A Victorian egret, which would have decorated a hat. 3. The feathery pappus on the fruits of certain plants (as dandelion and thistle) which aids in their aerial dispersal. Cf. aigrette n. 1b. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > composite plant > part of plant flower1530 pale1578 thrum1578 blade1672 floret1672 semi-floscule1720 radius1727 ray1727 semi-floret1729 egret1785 floscule1785 anthodium1812 periclinium1826 pericline1855 chaff-scale1856 phyllary1857 anthode1865 arrowlet1872 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. vi. 74 Seeds in which the down or egret..is sessile. 1800 J. Hurdis Favorite Village iii. 110 Egret from the head Of thistle ravished. 1876 Fanciers' Jrnl. & Poultry Exchange 15 May 218/2 I noticed them feeding upon nothing but the egret of the thistle and dandelion. 1996 P. Jolivet Ants & Plants viii. 155 The pappiferous seeds (pappus = feathery hairs covering the fruit, egret) of those Asclepiadaceae carry a narrow, white caruncle. Compounds egret monkey n. [after French aigrette (1766 in this sense: Buffon Hist. nat. XIV. 190; compare singe aigrette (1802 or earlier)); the monkey was so called by Buffon on account of the tuft on the top of its head] now historical a kind of monkey, apparently the female of certain macaques. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [noun] > group Catarrhinae (Old World monkey) > family Cercopithecidae > genus Macaca (macaque) macaque1757 macaco1774 egret monkey1780 Macacus1834 1780 W. Smellie in tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. Gen. & Particular VIII. 140 (note) The egret monkey, with a long face, and an upright sharp pointed tuft on the top of the head. 1803 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. I. 60 The Egret Monkey is somewhat of the colour of a wolf. 1896 Miss Lang in A. Lang Animal Story Bk. 243 The egret monkeys are great thieves... They put as many stalks as they can carry in their mouths, in each paw, and under each arm. 1983 K. Thomas Man & Nat. World ii. 58 As for the egret monkey, ‘few animals are more dirty, ugly, or loathsome’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1411
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