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gambogen.adj. Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Cambodia. Etymology: Ultimately < the name of Cambodia (see Cambodian n.), probably via forms in post-classical Latin, although these are first attested considerably later than the English word (compare gamboidea (1688)); compare French Camboge, †Cambodge, the name of Cambodia (17th cent.; in 18th cent. also Gamboge), †gamboge gamboge (mid 18th cent.).Compare:1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. i. vi. 105 I know not the particular product of Cambodia, but..the yellow purging Gum, which we from thence call Cambodia, in great Cakes. A. n.the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines of specific form > gums and viscid products > [noun] > gum resins the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [noun] > purgative > plant-derived society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > other vegetable materials > plant resin > [noun] > gum (resin) > specific α. 1615 (BL: IOR/B/5) 505 Cambogium 3 Chestes, one runlett and a baskett. The vse whereof was very much comended for a gentle purge if it were knowne in this land. 1634 J. Bate 126 Take saffron or Cambugium. 1640 J. Parkinson xvii. xvii. 1575 This Cambugio as it is of late importation, so it is likewise of small knowledge unto us. 1688 R. Holme ii. 85/2 Cambugia, whither Gum, or Juice dried, is not certain. 1771 A. Burns ii. iv. 314 The Colours to be dissolved in cold Liquors are Litmose, Saffron,..and Gambogia. 1897 (Dept. Health, Brooklyn, N.Y.) 442 The term poisonous material here used, shall be held to include all those substances or preparations which contain antimony, arsenic,..gambogia, [etc.]. 1913 A. L. Blackwood 279 Gambogia is indicated in gastric headache, with compressive and heavy pains in the forehead and temples, accompanied with vomiting, purging and fainting. the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular tree or plant yielding useful gum or resin > [noun] > Asian > other Asian gum trees 1752 C. Alston 46 The Gamboge-tree. 1794 W. Forsyth Eng. Index Gamboge, Stalagmites. 1824 J. White xvi. 249 The forests..afford iron-wood, several species of the varnish-tree, the dammer or pitch tree, the gambooge, the bamboo, and the rattan. 1876 J. Harley (ed. 6) 698 The Gamboge is native of Siam and Cochin-China. 1895 (Royal Gardens, Kew) 139 Mr. de Bunsen, Her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at Bangkok, was good enough to communicate to Kew specimens of the leaves of the Gamboge trees collected on the spot by Mr. Beckett. 1904 A. C. Carter 266 Gamboge grows only on the coast [of Siam]. 1952 A. F. Hill (ed. 2) v. 133 This yellow dye is obtained from a gum resin which is exuded from the Siamese gamboge tree (Garcinia Hanburyi) and allied species. 1982 31 58 Such tropical plants as cardamom and gamboge..were cultivated profitably in India. 2004 M. Barwick 196/1 (caption) Garcinia xanthochymus... Gamboge is a wide-spreading sp. with enormous, drooping lvs and globose, apple-sized, golden yellow fr. B. adj.the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [adjective] > other yellows 1819 16 May 318/2 Mr. Hasting's pictures..would tell more effectively in their..graceful foliage..if we could think that the gamboge and leaden hues which prevail are natural. 1849 H. Melville (1948) 45 Upon sallying out this morning encountered the old-fashioned pea soup London fog..of a gamboge color. 1863 S. Baring-Gould 208 The guest room walls are painted gamboge to a height of three feet. 1916 A. Bennett ii. xiv. 264 A few white Aylesburys with gamboge beaks that intermittently quacked. 1975 J. McCourt (2002) iii. 68 Mrs. Grudget emphatically drew the gamboge damask drapes against the brilliant winter morning. 1996 Feb. 56 That curious faint gamboge light which passes for sunshine in England. Compoundsa1722 J. Quincy tr. (1727) 129 Pilulæ de Gutta Gamaandra. The Gamboge Pill. 1737 H. Bracken viii. 136 Of all other Purgatives, I think the Gamboge-Pill best suits such Folks. 1775 tr. 122 You add gamboge water, tinged with a little saffron. 1818 D. Adams (ed. 3) 65 Cambodia is celebrated for the Camboge, or Gamboge gum. 1838 XII. 90/2 A plant..which he thought might be the gamboge plant, as it contained a yellow purgative juice in the rind of its fruit. 1885 G. S. Forbes 42 The same gamboge resin distils from both [wild and cultivated mangosteen] trees. 1917 C. J. Cornish et al. i. 24 In the common species [of squirrel monkey] the face is like a little furry man's, its arms brilliant yellow (as if dipped in gamboge dye), the cheeks pink, and eyes black. 2004 N. Eastaugh et al. 213/1 When used as a watercolour, gamboge resin is dissolved and particles are not visible using the polarising light microscope. C2. society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > equipment for painting or drawing > [noun] > specific pigments 1807 A. Aikin & C. R. Aikin I. 366/2 When mixed in small portion with the gamboge yellow it [sc. dragon's blood] much improves the tint, rendering it deeper and richer. 1837 VII. 367/2 The chin and throat gamboge-yellow. 1880 4 Dec. 345/2 Beech is a moderately good wood to begin painting on. Sap green stands out well;..gamboge yellow looks light, and black works successfully. 1901 W. A. Bryan 51 Color of the forehead bright deep gamboge yellow, not extending over the crown. 2010 P. A. BROWN 12 My largest piece..was a surreal blend of Madder red and Gamboge yellow. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.adj.1615 |
