aurelianadj.n.
A. adj.
Of or pertaining to an aurelia; gen. gold-coloured, golden.
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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.
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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’.
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