eburneaneburnianadj.
/ɪˈbəːnɪən/ Made of or resembling ivory.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > [adjective] > pure white > as ivory or bone
white as whale's bonec1275
ivorya1586
ivory-white1595
eburnean1656
eburnine1822
bone-coloured1837
bone-white1850
ivorine1888
ivoried1890
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Eburnean, of Ivory, or white like Ivory.
1721–1800 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.
1866 J. B. Rose tr. Virgil Eclogues & Georgics 97 Of Pelops and far-famed eburnian limb.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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