ferrugineousadj.

Brit.

/fɛrʊˈdʒɪnɪəs/, U.S.

/fɛrʊˈdʒɪniəs/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin ferrūgineus , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin ferrūgineus of a dark brownish colour, (of taste) rusty ( < ferrūgin- , ferrūgō iron rust (see ferruginous adj.) + -eus : see -eous suffix) + -ous suffix.For the range of colours denoted by classical Latin ferrūgineus see ferruginous adj.

1. Resembling iron rust in colour; of a reddish brown; = ferruginous adj. 1.In quots. 1633, 1859 describing the boat of Charon the ferryman in the underworld of classical mythology (Virgil Aeneid 6. 303), and apparently referring to a darker colour (see etymological note on the shades of colour denoted by the Latin etymon at ferruginous adj.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective] > brownish-red

rustya1398

hepaticc1420

horseflesh1530

rubiginousa1538

iron1587

bricky1615

ferrugineous1633

sand-reda1639

brickish1648

ferruginous1656

lateritious1656

brick-coloured1675

blood bay1684

testaceous1688

rust-coloureda1691

brick-red1740

brick-dust-like1765

maroon1771

rufous1782

brick-dusty1817

rusted1818

worm red1831

brownish-red1832

brown-red1835

foxy1850

rust1854

henna-coloured1865

chestnut-red1882

terra-cotta1882

copper-red1883

fox-red1910

oxblood1918

tony1921

henna-brown1931

henna-red2002

1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) i. 195 He thrusting with a pole, and setting sailes at large, Bodies transports in ferrugineous barge.

1663 Bullokar's Eng. Expositor (rev. ed.) Ferrugineous, rusty, of an Iron colour.

1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados ii. 55 Stones..containing, by their dusky ferrugineous Colour, probably much Iron.

1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 83 The black Ichneumon, with ferrugineous legs.

1859 F. W. Farrar Julian Home ix. 108 Black as the ferrugineous ferryboat of Charon.

1882 Garden 1 Apr. 212/1 The leaves..are very ferrugineous beneath.

1978 A. M. Husson Mammals Suriname 12 Laterally the body is uniformly ferrugineous or rufous, without white sprinkling, usually sharply set off from the dark dorsal colour.

2010 F. Cornejo & J. Janovec Seeds Amazonian Plants 105/1 Terminal shoot buds typically ferrugineous.

2. Containing iron, esp. in the form of hydrated oxides; = ferruginous adj. 2.

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the world > food and drink > drink > water > [adjective] > containing metal or iron

metallya1398

metalline1626

chalybeate1634

ferrugineous1671

the world > the earth > minerals > mineral sources > [adjective] > yielding a mineral or metal > iron

ironya1382

ferreous1646

ferruginous1659

ferrugineous1671

ironized1780

iron-shot1794

ferriferous1796

1671 J. Webster Metallographia xxviii. 350 It [sc. loadstone] is a hard Stone, ferrugineous, or irony.

1701 J. Ray Wisdom of God (ed. 3) i. 96 Hence they [sc. mineral waters] are Cold, Hot, Sweet, Stinking, Purgative, Diuretick or Ferrugineous, Saline, Petrefying, Bituminose, Venenose, and of other Qualities.

1823 Repertory Arts, Manufactures, & Agric. 42 47 I then digested the ferrugineous earth, which the potash had not touched, with muriatic acid.

1839 C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. 12 The coating is here of a rich brown instead of a black colour, and seems to be composed of ferrugineous matter alone.

1932 Geol. Mag. 69 407 West of the spring line, thin outcrops of hard ferrugineous sandstone occur in the clays.

2008 Oxf. Wine Company Mag. Summer 6 The Périgord sand and gravels..derive from the slow transformations of granite rocks, along with a deep and impermeable ferrugineous-clay layer.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ferrugineous
释义	ferrugineousadj. Brit. /fɛrʊˈdʒɪnɪəs/, U.S. /fɛrʊˈdʒɪniəs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin ferrūgineus , -ous suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin ferrūgineus of a dark brownish colour, (of taste) rusty ( < ferrūgin- , ferrūgō iron rust (see ferruginous adj.) + -eus : see -eous suffix) + -ous suffix.For the range of colours denoted by classical Latin ferrūgineus see ferruginous adj. 1. Resembling iron rust in colour; of a reddish brown; = ferruginous adj. 1.In quots. 1633, 1859 describing the boat of Charon the ferryman in the underworld of classical mythology (Virgil Aeneid 6. 303), and apparently referring to a darker colour (see etymological note on the shades of colour denoted by the Latin etymon at ferruginous adj.). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective] > brownish-red rustya1398 hepaticc1420 horseflesh1530 rubiginousa1538 iron1587 bricky1615 ferrugineous1633 sand-reda1639 brickish1648 ferruginous1656 lateritious1656 brick-coloured1675 blood bay1684 testaceous1688 rust-coloureda1691 brick-red1740 brick-dust-like1765 maroon1771 rufous1782 brick-dusty1817 rusted1818 worm red1831 brownish-red1832 brown-red1835 foxy1850 rust1854 henna-coloured1865 chestnut-red1882 terra-cotta1882 copper-red1883 fox-red1910 oxblood1918 tony1921 henna-brown1931 henna-red2002 1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) i. 195 He thrusting with a pole, and setting sailes at large, Bodies transports in ferrugineous barge. 1663 Bullokar's Eng. Expositor (rev. ed.) Ferrugineous, rusty, of an Iron colour. 1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados ii. 55 Stones..containing, by their dusky ferrugineous Colour, probably much Iron. 1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 83 The black Ichneumon, with ferrugineous legs. 1859 F. W. Farrar Julian Home ix. 108 Black as the ferrugineous ferryboat of Charon. 1882 Garden 1 Apr. 212/1 The leaves..are very ferrugineous beneath. 1978 A. M. Husson Mammals Suriname 12 Laterally the body is uniformly ferrugineous or rufous, without white sprinkling, usually sharply set off from the dark dorsal colour. 2010 F. Cornejo & J. Janovec Seeds Amazonian Plants 105/1 Terminal shoot buds typically ferrugineous. 2. Containing iron, esp. in the form of hydrated oxides; = ferruginous adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > water > [adjective] > containing metal or iron metallya1398 metalline1626 chalybeate1634 ferrugineous1671 the world > the earth > minerals > mineral sources > [adjective] > yielding a mineral or metal > iron ironya1382 ferreous1646 ferruginous1659 ferrugineous1671 ironized1780 iron-shot1794 ferriferous1796 1671 J. Webster Metallographia xxviii. 350 It [sc. loadstone] is a hard Stone, ferrugineous, or irony. 1701 J. Ray Wisdom of God (ed. 3) i. 96 Hence they [sc. mineral waters] are Cold, Hot, Sweet, Stinking, Purgative, Diuretick or Ferrugineous, Saline, Petrefying, Bituminose, Venenose, and of other Qualities. 1823 Repertory Arts, Manufactures, & Agric. 42 47 I then digested the ferrugineous earth, which the potash had not touched, with muriatic acid. 1839 C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. 12 The coating is here of a rich brown instead of a black colour, and seems to be composed of ferrugineous matter alone. 1932 Geol. Mag. 69 407 West of the spring line, thin outcrops of hard ferrugineous sandstone occur in the clays. 2008 Oxf. Wine Company Mag. Summer 6 The Périgord sand and gravels..derive from the slow transformations of granite rocks, along with a deep and impermeable ferrugineous-clay layer. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1633
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