amberedadj.

Brit.

/ˈambəd/, U.S.

/ˈæmbərd/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: amber v., -ed suffix¹; amber n.², -ed suffix².

Etymology: Partly < amber v. + -ed suffix¹, and partly < amber n.² + -ed suffix².Compare French ambré (1660 in sense 'resembling the smell of ambergris', second half of the 18th cent. in sense 'resembling amber in colour or translucency').

1. Originally: flavoured or perfumed with ambergris. Later also: resembling or evoking the smell of ambergris (or sometimes perhaps of amber). Cf. amber adj. 3.

ΚΠ

a1645 W. Browne tr. M. Le Roy Hist. Polexander (1647) iv. ii. 211 He..talked of nothing but of Spanish cut-workes, amber'd skins [Fr. peaux d'ambre], Essences, and other the like commodities.

1754 tr. A. Le Camus Abdeker i. 100 Wash-balls Light, Heavy, Amber'd, with Lavender.

1835 G. T. Temple Excursions in Mediterranean: Algiers & Tunis II. vi. 115 Here we reposed for some time, smoking and drinking sherbet and ambered coffee.

1893 Daily Picayune (New Orleans) 15 Oct. 14/5 One of these compounds is mentioned as consisting of essences of pinks, of lillies, of ambered verbena and musk.

1988 Sunday Mail (Canberra) (Nexis) 11 Dec. Spicey, floral, woody and ambered, Jazz is a fresh yet heady fragrance for the special man in your life.

2001 J. Guichard in B. Geddes World Food: Caribbean 200 The cigar..tasted heady and robust, with an enticing yet ambered aroma.

2. Resembling amber in colour; (translucent) yellowish-brown or golden. Also: made amber in colour.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > making or becoming brown > [adjective]

browning1595

ambered1724

1724 P. Miller Gardeners & Florists Dict. II. sig. K3/2 The Amber-pear..is a little Pear shaped like the Muscat but larger; its Colour is very yellow and ambered.

1829 Examiner 20 Dec. 805/2 The effulgence of transparent gold that floods and bathes every object in a haze of mysterious glory, so that the distance almost loses itself in the ambered atmosphere.

1909 A. E. H. Barr House on Cherry Street viii. 131 Her somewhat ambered complexion brightening to a pale rose color.

2017 Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (Nexis) 7 Nov. 1 h It [sc. shellac] gives you that older, ambered look—a subtle sheen—that you just can't get with a newer finish.

3. Of an insect, esp. a fly: preserved in amber. Frequently (and in earliest use) figurative or in similative contexts; cf. like a fly (also insect) in amber at amber n.² and adj. Phrases 1. Hence more generally: preserved as though in amber; unchanging; enduring.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > mineral material > mineral and fossil resins > [noun] > amber

amber1365

electruma1398

karabe1545

bead-amber1611

ambered1874

simetite1892

1874 Southern Mag. (Baltimore) July 6 Its very dialect..preserves in many a quaint expression the ambered fly of republican times.

1891 Critic (N.Y.) 12 Dec. 328/1 Many a landscape is preserved in the ambered memories of poems like the ‘Iteriad’.

1939 T. Kenyon Scarlet Anne (2005) ii. 18 Abruptly, Anne stepped from the house, into a world Caught, like an ambered fly, in the sunrise.

1998 Arkansas Democrat-Gaz. (Nexis) 20 Jan. b2 A paleontologist..tried to bypass the ambered insects..by examining a well-preserved fossil of Tyrannosaurus rex.

2013 Iowa Rev. 43 163 An old bass and a mezzo whose voices, however they wobbled or frayed, possessed still some ambered texture of accomplishment.

Compounds

ambered sugar n. (historical and rare after 18th cent.) sugar flavoured with ambergris.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > additive > sweetener > [noun] > sugar > other types of sugar

white sugar1423

red sugar?a1425

sugar of Candy1553

ambered sugara1665

superfine sugar1759

preserving sugar1863

basket sugar1902

a1665 K. Digby Closet Opened (1669) 131 Ambered-sugar is made by grinding very well, four grains of Ambergreece, and one of Musk, with a little fine Sugar.

1709 T. Hall Queen's Royal Cookery 33 After all the Meat and seasoning..is in the Coffing, she puts a little ambered Sugar upon it.

2000 F. Strumpf Limoges Boxes 137/1 A variation of this [sugar box] was the double-lidded box, one side of which held refined white sugar and the other ambered sugar..to reduce the roughness of the wine.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	ambered
释义	amberedadj. Brit. /ˈambəd/, U.S. /ˈæmbərd/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: amber v., -ed suffix¹; amber n.², -ed suffix². Etymology: Partly < amber v. + -ed suffix¹, and partly < amber n.² + -ed suffix².Compare French ambré (1660 in sense 'resembling the smell of ambergris', second half of the 18th cent. in sense 'resembling amber in colour or translucency'). 1. Originally: flavoured or perfumed with ambergris. Later also: resembling or evoking the smell of ambergris (or sometimes perhaps of amber). Cf. amber adj. 3. ΚΠ a1645 W. Browne tr. M. Le Roy Hist. Polexander (1647) iv. ii. 211 He..talked of nothing but of Spanish cut-workes, amber'd skins [Fr. peaux d'ambre], Essences, and other the like commodities. 1754 tr. A. Le Camus Abdeker i. 100 Wash-balls Light, Heavy, Amber'd, with Lavender. 1835 G. T. Temple Excursions in Mediterranean: Algiers & Tunis II. vi. 115 Here we reposed for some time, smoking and drinking sherbet and ambered coffee. 1893 Daily Picayune (New Orleans) 15 Oct. 14/5 One of these compounds is mentioned as consisting of essences of pinks, of lillies, of ambered verbena and musk. 1988 Sunday Mail (Canberra) (Nexis) 11 Dec. Spicey, floral, woody and ambered, Jazz is a fresh yet heady fragrance for the special man in your life. 2001 J. Guichard in B. Geddes World Food: Caribbean 200 The cigar..tasted heady and robust, with an enticing yet ambered aroma. 2. Resembling amber in colour; (translucent) yellowish-brown or golden. Also: made amber in colour. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > making or becoming brown > [adjective] browning1595 ambered1724 1724 P. Miller Gardeners & Florists Dict. II. sig. K3/2 The Amber-pear..is a little Pear shaped like the Muscat but larger; its Colour is very yellow and ambered. 1829 Examiner 20 Dec. 805/2 The effulgence of transparent gold that floods and bathes every object in a haze of mysterious glory, so that the distance almost loses itself in the ambered atmosphere. 1909 A. E. H. Barr House on Cherry Street viii. 131 Her somewhat ambered complexion brightening to a pale rose color. 2017 Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (Nexis) 7 Nov. 1 h It [sc. shellac] gives you that older, ambered look—a subtle sheen—that you just can't get with a newer finish. 3. Of an insect, esp. a fly: preserved in amber. Frequently (and in earliest use) figurative or in similative contexts; cf. like a fly (also insect) in amber at amber n.² and adj. Phrases 1. Hence more generally: preserved as though in amber; unchanging; enduring. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > mineral material > mineral and fossil resins > [noun] > amber amber1365 electruma1398 karabe1545 bead-amber1611 ambered1874 simetite1892 1874 Southern Mag. (Baltimore) July 6 Its very dialect..preserves in many a quaint expression the ambered fly of republican times. 1891 Critic (N.Y.) 12 Dec. 328/1 Many a landscape is preserved in the ambered memories of poems like the ‘Iteriad’. 1939 T. Kenyon Scarlet Anne (2005) ii. 18 Abruptly, Anne stepped from the house, into a world Caught, like an ambered fly, in the sunrise. 1998 Arkansas Democrat-Gaz. (Nexis) 20 Jan. b2 A paleontologist..tried to bypass the ambered insects..by examining a well-preserved fossil of Tyrannosaurus rex. 2013 Iowa Rev. 43 163 An old bass and a mezzo whose voices, however they wobbled or frayed, possessed still some ambered texture of accomplishment. Compounds ambered sugar n. (historical and rare after 18th cent.) sugar flavoured with ambergris. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > additive > sweetener > [noun] > sugar > other types of sugar white sugar1423 red sugar?a1425 sugar of Candy1553 ambered sugara1665 superfine sugar1759 preserving sugar1863 basket sugar1902 a1665 K. Digby Closet Opened (1669) 131 Ambered-sugar is made by grinding very well, four grains of Ambergreece, and one of Musk, with a little fine Sugar. 1709 T. Hall Queen's Royal Cookery 33 After all the Meat and seasoning..is in the Coffing, she puts a little ambered Sugar upon it. 2000 F. Strumpf Limoges Boxes 137/1 A variation of this [sugar box] was the double-lidded box, one side of which held refined white sugar and the other ambered sugar..to reduce the roughness of the wine. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.a1645
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