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单词 jacinth
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jacinthn.

Brit. /ˈdʒasɪnθ/, /ˈdʒeɪsɪnθ/, U.S. /ˈdʒeɪsənθ/, /ˈdʒæsənθ/
Forms: Middle English–1600s iacinct(e, Middle English iacynkt(e, iasynkt, iacintt, Middle English–1500s iacynct, iacynt(e, Middle English–1600s iacynth, 1500s iassink, 1500s–1600s iacinth(e, iacint, (1600s–1700s jacent, jacint), 1600s– jacinth. See also hyacinth n., and jacounce n.
Etymology: Middle English iacynt , iacinct , < Old French iacinte or late Latin iacint(h)us, -inctus, an alteration of hiacint(h)us , Latin hyacinthus , < Greek ὑάκινθος hyacinth n.; the h being lost and the initial i made consonantal; compare modern French jacinthe, Provençal jiacint, Spanish jacinto, Italian giacinto and iacinto.
1.
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a. Among the ancients, a gem of a blue colour, probably sapphire.
b. In modern use, a reddish-orange gem, a variety of zircon; also applied to varieties of topaz and garnet. (= hyacinth n. 1.)
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > less identifiable gems > [noun] > red or orange stone
carbuncleeOE
jacounce?a1366
pyropec1400
anthracites1535
jacinth1555
vermilion-stone1703
pigeon's blood1865
c1230 Hali Meid. 43 & tah is betere a briht iacinct þen a charbucle won.
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Song of Sol. v. 14 Goldene, and ful of iacynctis.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ezek. xxviii. 13 Deckte with all maner of precious stones, with Ruby, Topas, Christall, Iacynte.
1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 236 Iacinthes growe in the Iland of Zerlam. They are tender stones and yelowe.
1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 11 The Iacinct is blew, and of nigh neighborhoode with the Saphire.
1630 M. Drayton Muses Elizium ix. 78 The yellow Iacynth,..Of which who hath the keeping, No Thunder hurts nor Pestilence.
1765 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (ed. 2) I. iv. 97 The dagger, in her grace's collection, is set with jacynths.
1861 C. W. King Antique Gems (1866) 22 The greater part..of what are now termed Jacinths are only Cinnamon Stones of a reddish kind of Garnet.
c. (In Wyclif's Bible, rendering Latin hyacinthus): A dyed fabric of a blue or purple colour. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric of specific colour > [noun] > purple or blue
purpureeOE
violet1380
jacinth1382
bluec1390
watchetc1405
celestinec1430
celestrine1435
turkin1483
hyacinth1610
London blue1633
mazarine1694
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Exod. xxv. 4 Iasynkt that is silk of violet blew.
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Exod. xxviii. 15 The breest broche..thou shalt make with werk of dyuerse colours, after the weuyng of the coope, of gold, iacynkt [a1425 L.V. iacynt], and purpur.
d. The colour of the gem (see 1b above); in Heraldry name for the colour tenné, in blazoning by precious stones (= hyacinth n. 1c).
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > orange > [noun] > reddish orange
jacinth1572
society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic tincture > [noun] > colour > tawny
tenné1562
jacinth1572
hyacinth1704
dragon's head1706
1572 J. Jones Benefit Bathes of Buckstones f. 11b If it [the urine] be higher, then ambre or betwene it and iacincte, yellowish or chollerique red.
1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 66 The fielde is of the Iacinthe.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory i. ii. 12/2.
e. = hyacinth n. 3b.
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the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > genus Gallus (domestic fowl) > [noun] > types of
rumpkin1676
bantam1749
Jersey blue1758
Dorking1779
Plymouth Rock1806
Java1813
shack-bag1816
Negro fowl1835
creeper1847
Minorca1848
cuckoo fowl1850
Leghorn1850
Brahmapootra1851
Ancona1853
shanghai1853
Andalusian1854
Bolton bay1854
Corsican cock1854
jacinth1854
Minorca1854
spangle1854
yellow leg1854
Crèvecœur1855
sultan1855
Hamburg1857
Leghorn1857
Yokohama1865
Houdan1871
Langshan1871
Wyandot1881
sultan hen1882
silkie1885
Orpington1887
rock1889
silver-grey1889
Campine1892
Rhode Island Red1893
Faverolles1902
Rhode Island White1905
Malines1906
Rhode Island1914
Australorp1922
maranc1934
1854 L. A. Meall Moubray's Treat. Poultry 288 Jacinth,..slaty-blue, and pied on back and wings with white.
2. A plant; = hyacinth n. 2 (a and b). Obsolete.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > hyacinth and allied flowers
jacinthine1513
jacinth1567
hyacinth1578
field-star of Bethlehem1812
Roman hyacinth?1877
Roman1881
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum xvi. liii An herbe of þe same name is liche þerto [the stone Iacinctus] in coloure.]
1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 47 Iacinct is an Herbe hauing a purple flowre.
1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 100 The white English Iacint.
1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole xi. 122 Our English Iacinth or Hares-bels is so common everywhere.
1727 P. Longueville Hermit 244 Junquils, Tuberoses, Jacents, and other delightful Flowers.
1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 315 Jacinth, Hyacinthus.

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations (in senses 1, 2).
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1526 Bible (Tyndale) Rev. ix. 17 Havynge fyry habbergions of a Iacynct coloure.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. iii. sig. C4v Her forhead iacinth like, her cheekes of opall hue.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. xvi. sig. K6 The excellently-faire Queene Helen, whose Iacinth haire curled by nature..had a rope of faire pearles.
1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Iacinto A iacint stone, a iacint flower.
1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy II. 129 Consisting of quartz and of jacint, so that it may be called jacint rock.
1842 Ld. Tennyson Morte d'Arthur in Poems (new ed.) II. 6 Myriads of topaz-lights, and jacinth-work.
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