单词 | fleuron |
释义 | fleuronn. 1. A flower-shaped ornament, used esp. in architecture or printing, on coins, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [noun] > flowers flowerc1230 flourishingc1384 fleuronc1385 rose1415 pansyc1450 columbine1459 lily1459 fleur-de-lis1475 heartseasea1542 honeysuckle1548 flower-work1601 floretry1615 branching1652 fleuret1811 anthemion1816 rosace1823 fleur1841 flowering1862 flowerage1864 millefleurs1908 rosette1931 c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women Prol. 220 So were the florouns of her coroun whyte. c1660 Bp. Cosin in C. Walker Ritual Reason Why 43 (note) In some MS. ‘directions to the printer’..he [Bp. Cosin] inserted after the Absolution ‘Here set a fleuron’. 1830 E. Hawkins Anglo-Fr. Coinage 73 Crown of eight lilies and four fleurons. 1833 H. Ellis Elgin Marbles II. x. 169 The front is enriched with a fleuron. 1882 Yule in Encycl. Brit. XIV. 498 These latter [coins] bore (obverse) a Nepalese emblem surrounded by eight fleurons containing the eight sacred Buddhist jewels. 2. (See quot.) ΚΠ 1726 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 3) Fleurons [in Cookery], fine Tarts or Puffs of Pastry Work for Garnishing. 1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. ΚΠ 1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Butter-Burr The Flower..forms a Tuft with several Fleurons cut or divided into long Strings. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.c1385 |
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