ivory-whiteadj.n.

Forms: see ivory n. and white adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ivory n., white adj.

Etymology: < ivory n. + white adj.With sense B. compare white n. Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈivory-ˈwhite.

A. adj.

White as ivory; of the colour of ivory.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > [adjective] > pure white > as ivory or bone

white as whale's bonec1275

ivorya1586

ivory-white1595

eburnean1656

eburnine1822

bone-coloured1837

bone-white1850

ivorine1888

ivoried1890

1595 E. Spenser Epithalamion in Amoretti & Epithalamion x. sig. G8^v Her forehead yuory white.

1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxiv. 45 Thrones gleam ivory-white; cup-crown'd blaze brightly the tables.

1882 Garden 23 Dec. 553/1 Sepals and petals, ivory-white.

B. n.

1. The colour of ivory.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > [noun] > pure whiteness > as ivory

ivory1590

ivoriness1824

ivory-white1897

1897 Daily News 17 Sept. 6/7 Its warm brown contrasting pleasantly with the ivory-white of the cloth.

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2. elliptical. Ivory-white porcelain; spec. a creamy-white porcelain anciently made in China.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	ivory-white
释义	ivory-whiteadj.n. Forms: see ivory n. and white adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ivory n., white adj. Etymology: < ivory n. + white adj.With sense B. compare white n. Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈivory-ˈwhite. A. adj. White as ivory; of the colour of ivory. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > [adjective] > pure white > as ivory or bone white as whale's bonec1275 ivorya1586 ivory-white1595 eburnean1656 eburnine1822 bone-coloured1837 bone-white1850 ivorine1888 ivoried1890 1595 E. Spenser Epithalamion in Amoretti & Epithalamion x. sig. G8^v Her forehead yuory white. 1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxiv. 45 Thrones gleam ivory-white; cup-crown'd blaze brightly the tables. 1882 Garden 23 Dec. 553/1 Sepals and petals, ivory-white. B. n. 1. The colour of ivory. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > [noun] > pure whiteness > as ivory ivory1590 ivoriness1824 ivory-white1897 1897 Daily News 17 Sept. 6/7 Its warm brown contrasting pleasantly with the ivory-white of the cloth. Categories » 2. elliptical. Ivory-white porcelain; spec. a creamy-white porcelain anciently made in China. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.n.1595
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