单词 | gilten |
释义 | giltenadj. Originally northern and Scottish. Now rare (literary and poetic in later use). = gilden adj. (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [adjective] > golden yellow gildenOE goldena1382 goldya1398 dory1398 goldc1400 goldisha1425 sunlyc1425 goldlya1450 aureatec1450 gildedc1450 giltenc1450 scorn-golda1586 Pactolian1586 aureal1587 gold colour1648 gold-coloured1674 spun gold1728 aurulent1731 aurelian1791 deaurated1818 Tuscan1830 corn-coloured1854 old gold1877 buttercup yellow1880 aureoline1881 sun gold1887 Tuscan-coloured1905 guinea-gold1938 spun-golden1978 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > precious metal > [adjective] > epithet of gold > made of gold redOE gildenOE goldc1230 goldenc1300 goldedc1384 giltenc1450 c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 3456 Þai gone agraythen vp þaire gods on gilten segis. c1450 (?a1400) Sege Melayne (1880) l. 1098 Many lay stekede vndir stedis, In gilten gere. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vii. iii. 82 With fyry sparkis, lyke to goldin bemys Or twynkland sprayngis with thair giltin glemys. 1574 Second Tome Homilies (new ed.) 156 To spreade us abroade these goodly caruen and gylten bookes. 1602 R. Parsons Warn-word ii. ii. f. 7 I come now to the fryars, whom our Kt. seeketh to disgrace, with this note.., Fryars braue lyars, but for brauery it agreeth better to gilten spurres, then to gray hoods. a1605 in R. Bannatyne Memorials Trans. Scotl. (1836) 104 The goat of the gilteane horne, the lord Flemyng..tuike the sea. 1865 London Jrnl. 25 Mar. 178/2 You tell me you had a master. What was his name, my little gilten locks? 1885 Home Chimes 7 Feb. 130/2 The gilten chains Of sunlight trail athwart the odorous bowers. 1918 W. Hay Escape Notorious Sir William Heans ii. xix. 339 The gilten leather book: the old carver's copy of the Plutarch. 1953 Startling Stories Apr. 55/2 The..unforgettable speech and Captain Bronck..thrusting the gilten pole into the red soil of Mars. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.c1450 |
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