单词 | aurelian |
释义 | aurelianadj.n. A. adj. Of or pertaining to an aurelia; gen. gold-coloured, golden. 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 1791 E. Darwin Bot. Garden: Pt. I i. 134 Glad Zephyr..pausing flings Soft showers of roses from aurelian [? butterfly] wings. 1883 C. Holder in Harper's Mag. Jan. 181/2 The..dysmorphosa..illumines it with a light of deep aurelian hue. B. n. A collector and breeder of insects, especially of butterflies and moths; a lepidopterist. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > zoology > study of specific types of animal > [noun] > insects > specific insects > one who aurelian1778 lepidopterist1826 coleopterist1852 neuropterist1869 hymenopterologist1870 scarabaeist1872 curculionist1874 aphidologist1876 myrmecologist1879 orthopterist1880 hymenopterist1881 lepidopterologist1899 drosophilist1961 1778 M. Harris (title) Aurelian; or, Natural History of English Insects, namely, Moths and Butterflies..and their standard names, as given and established by the Society of Aurelians. 1817 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. II. xxiii. 305 A butterfly, called by Aurelians ‘The large skipper’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < |
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