Medicin.

Brit.

/ˈmɛdᵻtʃiː/,

/mᵻˈdiːtʃiː/, U.S.

/ˈmɛdətʃi/

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Medici.

Etymology: < the name of the Medici, a powerful family of bankers, merchants, and patrons of the arts whose members effectively ruled Florence during the 15th cent., and to whom belonged four popes, including Leo X (1513–21) and Clement VII (1523–34), and two queens of France; from 1569 the Medici were grand dukes of Tuscany. Compare Medicean adj.

a. attributive. Designating a type of soft-paste porcelain produced in Florence under the patronage of Francesco de' Medici in the late 16th cent., esp. in Medici porcelain, Medici china. Also: designating an article made of this.

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [noun] > porcelain > other European porcelain

Vienna1774

Buen Retiro1863

Ludwigsburg1863

Meissen1863

Medici porcelain1868

1868 J. Marryat Hist. Pottery & Porcelain (ed. 3) xiv. 456 (caption) Brocca of Medici Porcelain, 15 inches high.

1900 F. Litchfield Pottery & Porcelain ii. 18 It was of soft paste, is extremely rare, and is known as ‘Medici china’.

1940 Burlington Mag. May p. x/2 A ‘Medici’ plate, marked with the letter F and the dome of the Cathedral of Florence.

1960 R. G. Haggar Conc. Encycl. Continental Pottery & Porcelain 306/1 With one exception, all the known pieces of Medici porcelain are painted in blue, or blue and manganese purple.

1973 Times 3 Nov. 2/2 A Parke Bernet expert called in to look over what was there found the Medici bowl in a cupboard under a broken Orvieto dish.

1974 G. Savage & H. Newman Illustr. Dict. Ceramics 190 Medici porcelain is made with a white clay and a frit the composition of which is hardly distinguishable from powdered glass.

1990 Oxf. Illustr. Encycl. (1993) V. 361/4 Medici porcelain is extremely rare; only about sixty pieces are known, but they include the earliest surviving examples of porcelain (soft-paste) produced in Europe.

b. Medici vase n. a type of large French vase of the late 18th cent.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > vase > [noun] > specific types

hanse-pot1561

lily-pot1612

rolwagen1701

campana1802

potiche1829

kelebe1858

Long Eliza1869

rouleau1873

wall-pocket1880

monota1887

wall vase1889

mei ping1915

baluster vase1933

pedestal vase1960

Medici vase1974

1974 G. Savage & H. Newman Illustr. Dict. Ceramics 190 Medici vase, a large vase decorated with relief ornament in Renaissance style, made at Sèvres, c. 1783.

1999 Grosvenor House Art & Antiques Fair: 1999 Handbk. 81/1 (caption) A pair of French ormolu-mounted Medici vases, circa 1790.

2. Medici lace n. a type of French bobbin lace with a scalloped edge, similar in design to Cluny but using finer thread.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > consisting of loops or looped stitches > lace > pillow or bobbin > types of

Honiton lace1688

Brussels lace1748

Honiton1851

point d'Angleterre1851

torchon lace1865

Cluny1872

Duchesse lace1882

plaited lace1882

Medici lace1890

1890 Amer. Mail Order Fashions (1961) 13 [Drawers] Cambric, ruffle of Medici lace, 75 c.

1994 Times-Picayune (New Orleans) (Nexis) 15 Feb. d4 She wore a gold and silver Medici lace collar, lavishly decorated in gold and silver.

3. Medici collar n. (also de Medici collar) a large, fan-shaped collar, usually of lace, wired to stand upright at the back and sloping to meet a square neckline at the front; = Medicis n.The style was made fashionable in the 17th cent. by the Medici women, esp. Marie de Médicis, Queen of France, and was revived in a less extravagant form in the 19th cent.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > neck-wear > [noun] > collar > types of > stand-up

Medicis1799

stand-upc1836

stick-ups1850

sideboards1857

Medici collar1899

1865 F. B. Palliser Hist. Lace viii. 128 The enormous collerette rising behind her head like a fan, of Mary de Medicis, with its edgings of fine lace, are well known to the admirers of Rubens.

1873 Young Englishwoman May 234/1 The Medici's collarette..is..becoming only to those ladies who have a slender swan-like neck.]

1899 Living Age 7 Jan. 18/1 Our Tracy [sc. a spaniel] walks abroad in Cynthia's company,—Tracy wearing a coat cut with a Medici collar.

1902 M. Jourdain & A. Dryden Palliser's Hist. Lace (rev. ed.) iv. 56 The Medici collars were supported by fine metal bars called ‘verghetti’.

1908 M. Beerbohm Around Theatres (1924) II. 405 Nor was I embarrassed by the hoop and Medici collar that Dalila wore.

1933 C. Garnett tr. L. Tolstoy Anna Karenina II. v. iv. 17 He looked at..the high, scalloped de Medici collar, that in such maidenly fashion hid her long neck.

1963 A. Gernsheim Fashion & Reality ii. 79 Many capes had a small Medici collar. Such upstanding collars were worn on evening dresses, 1888–92..and fur Medici collars on coats and jackets during the winter of 1889–90.

4. Medici print n. (also Medici reproduction) [after the name of the Medici Society Ltd., London] a colour reproduction of a fine art painting, produced by the Medici Society Ltd., London.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > [noun] > a print > types of print generally

sporting print1811

colour print1855

autotypy1872

metallograph1890

surimono1899

Medici print1906

restrike1912

cliché-verre1913

pinpricked picture1936

pinprick picture1943

kiss impression1946

original print1961

1906 Burlington Mag. Oct. 47/1 If their quality can be maintained the Medici prints now being issued by Messrs. Chatto and Windus, of which the first three plates now lie before us, will undoubtedly represent a great advance upon anything which has yet been done in colour reproduction.

1949 F. Towers Tea with Mr. Rochester 24 The study with its Axminster carpet and Medici prints and rows of encyclopædias.

1964 M. Clive Day of Reckoning iv. 42 There was a gap between those large, pale, repellant Victorian Arundel prints and the neat Medici reproductions which took their place.

1997 Daily Tel. (Electronic ed.) 12 July An excellent Botticelli forgery, The Virgin and Child, finally came under scrutiny because the art historian Kenneth Clark observed that she looked strangely like a film star of the Mary Pickford era (though not before she had featured as a Medici print).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	medici
释义	Medicin. Brit. /ˈmɛdᵻtʃiː/, /mᵻˈdiːtʃiː/, U.S. /ˈmɛdətʃi/ Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Medici. Etymology: < the name of the Medici, a powerful family of bankers, merchants, and patrons of the arts whose members effectively ruled Florence during the 15th cent., and to whom belonged four popes, including Leo X (1513–21) and Clement VII (1523–34), and two queens of France; from 1569 the Medici were grand dukes of Tuscany. Compare Medicean adj. 1. a. attributive. Designating a type of soft-paste porcelain produced in Florence under the patronage of Francesco de' Medici in the late 16th cent., esp. in Medici porcelain, Medici china. Also: designating an article made of this. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [noun] > porcelain > other European porcelain Vienna1774 Buen Retiro1863 Ludwigsburg1863 Meissen1863 Medici porcelain1868 1868 J. Marryat Hist. Pottery & Porcelain (ed. 3) xiv. 456 (caption) Brocca of Medici Porcelain, 15 inches high. 1900 F. Litchfield Pottery & Porcelain ii. 18 It was of soft paste, is extremely rare, and is known as ‘Medici china’. 1940 Burlington Mag. May p. x/2 A ‘Medici’ plate, marked with the letter F and the dome of the Cathedral of Florence. 1960 R. G. Haggar Conc. Encycl. Continental Pottery & Porcelain 306/1 With one exception, all the known pieces of Medici porcelain are painted in blue, or blue and manganese purple. 1973 Times 3 Nov. 2/2 A Parke Bernet expert called in to look over what was there found the Medici bowl in a cupboard under a broken Orvieto dish. 1974 G. Savage & H. Newman Illustr. Dict. Ceramics 190 Medici porcelain is made with a white clay and a frit the composition of which is hardly distinguishable from powdered glass. 1990 Oxf. Illustr. Encycl. (1993) V. 361/4 Medici porcelain is extremely rare; only about sixty pieces are known, but they include the earliest surviving examples of porcelain (soft-paste) produced in Europe. b. Medici vase n. a type of large French vase of the late 18th cent. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > vase > [noun] > specific types hanse-pot1561 lily-pot1612 rolwagen1701 campana1802 potiche1829 kelebe1858 Long Eliza1869 rouleau1873 wall-pocket1880 monota1887 wall vase1889 mei ping1915 baluster vase1933 pedestal vase1960 Medici vase1974 1974 G. Savage & H. Newman Illustr. Dict. Ceramics 190 Medici vase, a large vase decorated with relief ornament in Renaissance style, made at Sèvres, c. 1783. 1999 Grosvenor House Art & Antiques Fair: 1999 Handbk. 81/1 (caption) A pair of French ormolu-mounted Medici vases, circa 1790. 2. Medici lace n. a type of French bobbin lace with a scalloped edge, similar in design to Cluny but using finer thread. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > consisting of loops or looped stitches > lace > pillow or bobbin > types of Honiton lace1688 Brussels lace1748 Honiton1851 point d'Angleterre1851 torchon lace1865 Cluny1872 Duchesse lace1882 plaited lace1882 Medici lace1890 1890 Amer. Mail Order Fashions (1961) 13 [Drawers] Cambric, ruffle of Medici lace, 75 c. 1994 Times-Picayune (New Orleans) (Nexis) 15 Feb. d4 She wore a gold and silver Medici lace collar, lavishly decorated in gold and silver. 3. Medici collar n. (also de Medici collar) a large, fan-shaped collar, usually of lace, wired to stand upright at the back and sloping to meet a square neckline at the front; = Medicis n.The style was made fashionable in the 17th cent. by the Medici women, esp. Marie de Médicis, Queen of France, and was revived in a less extravagant form in the 19th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > neck-wear > [noun] > collar > types of > stand-up Medicis1799 stand-upc1836 stick-ups1850 sideboards1857 Medici collar1899 1865 F. B. Palliser Hist. Lace viii. 128 The enormous collerette rising behind her head like a fan, of Mary de Medicis, with its edgings of fine lace, are well known to the admirers of Rubens. 1873 Young Englishwoman May 234/1 The Medici's collarette..is..becoming only to those ladies who have a slender swan-like neck.] 1899 Living Age 7 Jan. 18/1 Our Tracy [sc. a spaniel] walks abroad in Cynthia's company,—Tracy wearing a coat cut with a Medici collar. 1902 M. Jourdain & A. Dryden Palliser's Hist. Lace (rev. ed.) iv. 56 The Medici collars were supported by fine metal bars called ‘verghetti’. 1908 M. Beerbohm Around Theatres (1924) II. 405 Nor was I embarrassed by the hoop and Medici collar that Dalila wore. 1933 C. Garnett tr. L. Tolstoy Anna Karenina II. v. iv. 17 He looked at..the high, scalloped de Medici collar, that in such maidenly fashion hid her long neck. 1963 A. Gernsheim Fashion & Reality ii. 79 Many capes had a small Medici collar. Such upstanding collars were worn on evening dresses, 1888–92..and fur Medici collars on coats and jackets during the winter of 1889–90. 4. Medici print n. (also Medici reproduction) [after the name of the Medici Society Ltd., London] a colour reproduction of a fine art painting, produced by the Medici Society Ltd., London. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > [noun] > a print > types of print generally sporting print1811 colour print1855 autotypy1872 metallograph1890 surimono1899 Medici print1906 restrike1912 cliché-verre1913 pinpricked picture1936 pinprick picture1943 kiss impression1946 original print1961 1906 Burlington Mag. Oct. 47/1 If their quality can be maintained the Medici prints now being issued by Messrs. Chatto and Windus, of which the first three plates now lie before us, will undoubtedly represent a great advance upon anything which has yet been done in colour reproduction. 1949 F. Towers Tea with Mr. Rochester 24 The study with its Axminster carpet and Medici prints and rows of encyclopædias. 1964 M. Clive Day of Reckoning iv. 42 There was a gap between those large, pale, repellant Victorian Arundel prints and the neat Medici reproductions which took their place. 1997 Daily Tel. (Electronic ed.) 12 July An excellent Botticelli forgery, The Virgin and Child, finally came under scrutiny because the art historian Kenneth Clark observed that she looked strangely like a film star of the Mary Pickford era (though not before she had featured as a Medici print). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1868
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