† Abramadj.

Forms: also with lower-case initial.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: auburn adj.

Etymology: Variant of auburn adj. (compare forms at that entry), probably influenced by the personal name Abram, variant of Abraham (see Abraham n.). Compare slightly earlier Abraham adj.

Obsolete.

Auburn. Also Abram-colour, Abram-coloured.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > hair > colour of hair > [adjective] > red

redc1275

auburn1591

Abraham?1592

sorrel1600

Abram1602

sandy-coloured1661

carrot1671

carrot-coloured1684

Judas colour1695

carroty1696

sandy1734

gingery1844

Titian1863

gingerous1864

1602 T. Dekker Blurt Master-Constable sig. D^v A goodlie, long thicke, Abram-colour'd beard.

1603 Proclam. James I 16 July (single sheet) William Watson priest is a man of the lowest sort,..his haire betwixt abram and flaxen.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) ii. iii. 19 Our heads are some browne, some blacke, some Abram [1685 auburn], some bald.

1661 T. Blount Peacham's Compl. Gentleman (new ed.) xiv. 155 I shall passe to the exposition of certain Colours... Abram-colour, i.e. brown. Auburne or Abborne, i.e. brown or brown-black.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	abram
释义	† Abramadj. Forms: also with lower-case initial. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: auburn adj. Etymology: Variant of auburn adj. (compare forms at that entry), probably influenced by the personal name Abram, variant of Abraham (see Abraham n.). Compare slightly earlier Abraham adj. Obsolete. Auburn. Also Abram-colour, Abram-coloured. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > colour of hair > [adjective] > red redc1275 auburn1591 Abraham?1592 sorrel1600 Abram1602 sandy-coloured1661 carrot1671 carrot-coloured1684 Judas colour1695 carroty1696 sandy1734 gingery1844 Titian1863 gingerous1864 1602 T. Dekker Blurt Master-Constable sig. D^v A goodlie, long thicke, Abram-colour'd beard. 1603 Proclam. James I 16 July (single sheet) William Watson priest is a man of the lowest sort,..his haire betwixt abram and flaxen. a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) ii. iii. 19 Our heads are some browne, some blacke, some Abram [1685 auburn], some bald. View more context for this quotation 1661 T. Blount Peacham's Compl. Gentleman (new ed.) xiv. 155 I shall passe to the exposition of certain Colours... Abram-colour, i.e. brown. Auburne or Abborne, i.e. brown or brown-black. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1602
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