ebonn.adj.

/ˈɛbən/

Forms: (Middle English ebenus), Middle English–1600s eban(e, heban, 1500s–1600s eben(e, heben(e, ebone, (1800s archaic heben), 1500s– ebon. Some of the forms in -e may belong to ebony n.

Etymology: < Latin hebenus, ebenus, < Greek ἔβενος, perhaps of eastern origin: the Hebrew hobnīm (Ezekiel xxvii. 15) is supposed to be the same word. In medieval Latin (h)ebanus, whence some of the English forms; compare Italian ebano, Spanish ebano, Portuguese ebano.

A. n.

1. A hard black wood, the product of a tree belonging to the family Ebenaceæ, mentioned in very early times as an article of import from the East; = ebony n. Now only poetic.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > ebony

ebony1382

ebonc1440

jet wood1607

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. lii. 944 Ebenus is a tree of Ethiopia with blak colour.]

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 135 Eban, tre, ebanus.

1558 W. Ward tr. G. Ruscelli Secretes Alexis of Piemount f. 96 It is very good..also to make tables and coffers of..Hebene.

1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong De l' Hebene, a wood called Heben.

1627 T. May tr. Lucan Pharsalia (new ed.) x. 139 Pillars there Not covered with Ægyptian Eben were.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 52 India, black Ebon and white Ivory bears.

1846 E. Bulwer-Lytton Lucretia III. ii. Epil. 286 Dark as ebon, spreads the one wing.

†2. The tree itself, Diospyros Ebenus, a native of Ceylon, Madagascar, and Mauritius. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > Asian > ebony tree

ebon1555

ebony1810

1555 R. Eden Disc. Vyages Butrigarius & Cabote in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 250 Wodde of Heben.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 148 Great woods of Ebene..alwaies greene.

1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. iii Ebone, a blacke tree, bearing not leafes nor fruit, being burnt, it yeelds a sweet smell.

3. derogatory. A black person. U.S.

ΚΠ

1895 Outing (U.S.) 26 428/2 A little ebon, who had been watching to set open the gates.

B. adj. and attributive (chiefly poetic or rhetorical).

1. Simple attributive.

ΚΠ

1591 E. Spenser Ruines of Time in Complaints sig. D3^v A curious Coffer made of Heben wood.

1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. iv. 11/1 They carrie into India Gold..Eben wood.

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage I. vii. xi. 595 They found excellent Eben Trees.

1813 W. Scott Bridal of Triermain iii. xiii. 147 A weighty curtal-axe..the tough shaft of heben wood.

2. or quasi-adj. Consisting or made of ebony; often figurative for ‘black, dark’.

ΚΠ

1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Fiij^v Deaths ebon dart.

1633 P. Fletcher Piscatorie Eclogs vii. xvii. 48 in Purple Island Her eye-brow black, like to an ebon bow.

1737 R. West Ad Amicos in Let. 4 July in T. Gray Corr. (1971) I. 62 Fate, whose ebon sceptre rules The Stygian deserts.

1742 E. Young Complaint: Night the First 4 Night, sable Goddess! from her Ebon throne.

1772 W. Jones Poems 121 With ebon knots, and studs of silver, wrought.

1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna i. xxx. 16 But, when in ebon mirror, Nightmare fell.

1872 H. W. Longfellow Interlude in Three Bks. Song i. 44 From out its ebon case His violin the Minstrel drew.

3. adj. Of the colour of ebony; black, dark, sombre.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > black or blackness > [adjective]

blackeOE

blokec1200

neger?c1425

sable1470

black-coloured1528

sable-coloured1596

ebon1607

Ethiopa1616

torrid1634

atred1654

pullous1698

nigricant1772

black-butted1801

nigrific1804

Negro1816

nigritudinous1851

nigrine1885

1607 Fayre Mayde of Exchange in T. Heywood Wks. (1874) II. 16 As blind as Ebon night.

1645 J. Milton L'Allegro in Poems 30 There under Ebon shades..In dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell.

a1703 J. Pomfret Poet. Wks. (1833) 116 Night..spreads her ebon curtains round.

1802 S. T. Coleridge Sibylline Leaves II. 196 Deep in the air and dark, substantial, black, An ebon mass.

1843 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Mexico II. iii. vi. 7 The image of the mystic deity..with ebon features.

†4. Apparently used for ‘ivory’.

ΚΠ

?1593 G. Fletcher Licia xxix. 30 Her Ebon thighes.

?1593 G. Fletcher Licia xxxix. 40 Those Ebon hands.

Compounds

a. Similative.

ebon-black adj.

ΚΠ

1590 R. Greene Mourning Garment 18 How bright eide his Phillis was..When fro th'Aarches Eben blacke flew lookes as a lightning.

ebon-coloured adj.

ΚΠ

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost i. i. 238 The ebon coloured Incke.

1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 621/1 Melanosis may be found in the form of brown or ebon-coloured fluid.

b. Instrumental and parasynthetic.

ebon-faced adj.

ΚΠ

1601 A. Munday & H. Chettle Death Earle of Huntington sig. E Pitch coloured, Eban fac't, blacker than blacke.

ebon-masted adj.

ΚΠ

1845 H. B. Hirst Poems 66 Royal vessels..ebon masted.

ebon-sceptred adj.

ΚΠ

1747 T. Warton Pleasures of Melancholy 11 Night..Sister of ebon-sceptred Hecat, hail!

ebon-tipped adj.

ΚΠ

1818 J. Keats Endymion i. 10 With ebon-tipped flutes.

Derivatives

ˈebonine adj. dark, sombre.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > darkness or gloom > [adjective]

duneOE

thestera900

thestria900

wana1000

darkfulOE

fadec1290

obscurousa1492

black-faced1562

murkyc1590

gloomy1594

tenebrous1599

solemn1604

overcast1616

mungy1632

shady1746

sombrous1754

sombre1760

gloomyish1821

gloomfula1849

ebonine1881

1881 F. T. Palgrave Visions of Eng. 292 Through that ebonine gate of doom The thrice five thousand are flown.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ebon
释义	ebonn.adj. /ˈɛbən/ Forms: (Middle English ebenus), Middle English–1600s eban(e, heban, 1500s–1600s eben(e, heben(e, ebone, (1800s archaic heben), 1500s– ebon. Some of the forms in -e may belong to ebony n. Etymology: < Latin hebenus, ebenus, < Greek ἔβενος, perhaps of eastern origin: the Hebrew hobnīm (Ezekiel xxvii. 15) is supposed to be the same word. In medieval Latin (h)ebanus, whence some of the English forms; compare Italian ebano, Spanish ebano, Portuguese ebano. A. n. 1. A hard black wood, the product of a tree belonging to the family Ebenaceæ, mentioned in very early times as an article of import from the East; = ebony n. Now only poetic. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > ebony ebony1382 ebonc1440 jet wood1607 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. lii. 944 Ebenus is a tree of Ethiopia with blak colour.] c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 135 Eban, tre, ebanus. 1558 W. Ward tr. G. Ruscelli Secretes Alexis of Piemount f. 96 It is very good..also to make tables and coffers of..Hebene. 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong De l' Hebene, a wood called Heben. 1627 T. May tr. Lucan Pharsalia (new ed.) x. 139 Pillars there Not covered with Ægyptian Eben were. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 52 India, black Ebon and white Ivory bears. View more context for this quotation 1846 E. Bulwer-Lytton Lucretia III. ii. Epil. 286 Dark as ebon, spreads the one wing. †2. The tree itself, Diospyros Ebenus, a native of Ceylon, Madagascar, and Mauritius. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > Asian > ebony tree ebon1555 ebony1810 1555 R. Eden Disc. Vyages Butrigarius & Cabote in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 250 Wodde of Heben. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 148 Great woods of Ebene..alwaies greene. 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. iii Ebone, a blacke tree, bearing not leafes nor fruit, being burnt, it yeelds a sweet smell. 3. derogatory. A black person. U.S. ΚΠ 1895 Outing (U.S.) 26 428/2 A little ebon, who had been watching to set open the gates. B. adj. and attributive (chiefly poetic or rhetorical). 1. Simple attributive. ΚΠ 1591 E. Spenser Ruines of Time in Complaints sig. D3^v A curious Coffer made of Heben wood. 1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. iv. 11/1 They carrie into India Gold..Eben wood. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage I. vii. xi. 595 They found excellent Eben Trees. 1813 W. Scott Bridal of Triermain iii. xiii. 147 A weighty curtal-axe..the tough shaft of heben wood. 2. or quasi-adj. Consisting or made of ebony; often figurative for ‘black, dark’. ΚΠ 1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Fiij^v Deaths ebon dart. View more context for this quotation 1633 P. Fletcher Piscatorie Eclogs vii. xvii. 48 in Purple Island Her eye-brow black, like to an ebon bow. 1737 R. West Ad Amicos in Let. 4 July in T. Gray Corr. (1971) I. 62 Fate, whose ebon sceptre rules The Stygian deserts. 1742 E. Young Complaint: Night the First 4 Night, sable Goddess! from her Ebon throne. 1772 W. Jones Poems 121 With ebon knots, and studs of silver, wrought. 1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna i. xxx. 16 But, when in ebon mirror, Nightmare fell. 1872 H. W. Longfellow Interlude in Three Bks. Song i. 44 From out its ebon case His violin the Minstrel drew. 3. adj. Of the colour of ebony; black, dark, sombre. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > black or blackness > [adjective] blackeOE blokec1200 neger?c1425 sable1470 black-coloured1528 sable-coloured1596 ebon1607 Ethiopa1616 torrid1634 atred1654 pullous1698 nigricant1772 black-butted1801 nigrific1804 Negro1816 nigritudinous1851 nigrine1885 1607 Fayre Mayde of Exchange in T. Heywood Wks. (1874) II. 16 As blind as Ebon night. 1645 J. Milton L'Allegro in Poems 30 There under Ebon shades..In dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell. a1703 J. Pomfret Poet. Wks. (1833) 116 Night..spreads her ebon curtains round. 1802 S. T. Coleridge Sibylline Leaves II. 196 Deep in the air and dark, substantial, black, An ebon mass. 1843 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Mexico II. iii. vi. 7 The image of the mystic deity..with ebon features. †4. Apparently used for ‘ivory’. ΚΠ ?1593 G. Fletcher Licia xxix. 30 Her Ebon thighes. ?1593 G. Fletcher Licia xxxix. 40 Those Ebon hands. Compounds a. Similative. ebon-black adj. ΚΠ 1590 R. Greene Mourning Garment 18 How bright eide his Phillis was..When fro th'Aarches Eben blacke flew lookes as a lightning. ebon-coloured adj. ΚΠ 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost i. i. 238 The ebon coloured Incke. 1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 621/1 Melanosis may be found in the form of brown or ebon-coloured fluid. b. Instrumental and parasynthetic. ebon-faced adj. ΚΠ 1601 A. Munday & H. Chettle Death Earle of Huntington sig. E Pitch coloured, Eban fac't, blacker than blacke. ebon-masted adj. ΚΠ 1845 H. B. Hirst Poems 66 Royal vessels..ebon masted. ebon-sceptred adj. ΚΠ 1747 T. Warton Pleasures of Melancholy 11 Night..Sister of ebon-sceptred Hecat, hail! ebon-tipped adj. ΚΠ 1818 J. Keats Endymion i. 10 With ebon-tipped flutes. Derivatives ˈebonine adj. dark, sombre. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > darkness or gloom > [adjective] duneOE thestera900 thestria900 wana1000 darkfulOE fadec1290 obscurousa1492 black-faced1562 murkyc1590 gloomy1594 tenebrous1599 solemn1604 overcast1616 mungy1632 shady1746 sombrous1754 sombre1760 gloomyish1821 gloomfula1849 ebonine1881 1881 F. T. Palgrave Visions of Eng. 292 Through that ebonine gate of doom The thrice five thousand are flown. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.c1440
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