milk-whiteadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈmɪlkwʌɪt/, U.S.

/ˈmɪlkˈ(h)waɪt/

Forms: see milk n.¹ and white adj. and n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: milk n.¹, white adj.

Etymology: < milk n.¹ + white adj. Compare Dutch melkwit (a1662), Middle High German milchwīz (German milchweiss ). Compare milky-white adj. at milky adj. Compounds 2.

A. adj.

Of a pure, opaque white colour like milk; (Botany) of a white colour tinged with blue.

ΘΚΠ

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

milk-whiteOE

as white as milkOE

milkisha1398

milkya1398

milkc1450

milky-white1581

milkena1586

lacteal1633

lacteous1646

lactaceous1656

lactean1659

lactescent1758

milchy1890

OE Ælfric Gram. (St. John's Oxf.) 295 Ealswa floridam iuuentutem et lacteam caniciem ða blostmbæran iuguðe and þa meolchwitan harunge.

OE Prudentius Glosses (Boulogne 189) in H. D. Meritt Old Eng. Prudentius Glosses (1959) 11 Lacteo : of meolchwyttre.

OE Prudentius Glosses (Boulogne 189) in H. D. Meritt Old Eng. Prudentius Glosses (1959) 71 Lacteis, albis : meolchwitum.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) 15938 Þe oder [dragon] is milc-whit.

?1316 Short Metrical Chron. (Royal) 621 in J. Ritson Anc. Eng. Metrical Romanceës (1802) II. 296 Thre hondred steden mylk-whyte.

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) 958 (MED) Þat oþer..watz..Chymbled ouer hir blake chyn with mylkquyte vayles.

c1450 (a1400) Libeaus Desconus (Calig. A.ii) (1969) 887 (MED) Melk whyt was he[r] face.

1595 Alcilia (1879) 19 The snow, Whose milke-white mantell ouerspreeds the ground.

1639 T. de Gray Compl. Horseman ii. iii. 59 The Horse which is Milke white.

1681 R. Knox Hist. Ceylon i. vi. 25 There is another sort [of monkey] just of the same bigness, but differ [sic] in colour, being milk white both in body and face.

1718 M. Prior Dove 78 Her blushing face the lovely maid Rais'd just above the milk-white sheet.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. viii. vi. 187 Last Night I dreamt again, that I rode behind you on a Milk white Mare, which is a very excellent Dream, and betokens much good Fortune.

1798 T. Jones Memoirs (1951) 41 An open Landaw..drawn by Milk white-bullocks.

1808 W. Scott Marmion iv. vii. 192 On milk-white palfrey forth he paced.

1839 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. (ed. 3) 477 Milk-white..; dull white verging to blue.

1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 154 A broad, milk-white beach received the vast rollers.

1933 W. de la Mare Fleeting & Other Poems 92 The milk-white mists of night.

1973 W. T. Stearn Bot. Latin xviii. 244 Milk-white, that is, having a suffusion of blue, is represented by lacteus, [etc.].

1980 Catal. Fine Chinese Ceramics (Sotheby, Hong Kong) 75 A pair of five clawed dragons striding after ‘flaming pearls’, in a fine line technique under the milk-white glaze.

B. n.

A milk-white colour.

ΘΚΠ

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

milk-white1547

milkiness1659

lactescency1758

milk1804

latescencea1856

1547 R. Record Vrinal of Physick f. 32 Darke whyte coloures, as mylke whyte, whyte lyke horne, and grey.

1683 A. Snape Anat. Horse i. i. 2 The Horse will be of a milk-white or yellow-dun.

1855 R. F. Burton Personal Narr. Pilgrimage to El-Medinah (1861) I. 306 The sky is of a dead milk-white.

1896 J. M. Davidson in Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 152 154 It is in form of nodules, and shows the mineral in several shades of green, and one specimen of pure milk-white color.

1958 J. E. Morton Molluscs ii. 40 The carnivorous pleurobranchids..develop brights reds and yellows, or reds against milk-white, which may be taken to be warning colours.

Compounds

† milk-white girdle n. Obsolete rare the Milky Way.

ΚΠ

J. Metham Amoryus & Cleopes (1916) 1600 But viij days befforn apperyd in the fyrmament A lemyng sterre... In the mylke qwyte gyrdyl.

† milk-white way n. Obsolete the Milky Way.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > constellation > galaxy > [noun] > Milky Way

wayeOE

Watling Streetc1384

galaxya1398

milky circlea1398

Milky Wayc1450

milk way1555

milk-white way1555

white circle1563

milken waya1586

milken race1596

milk circle1601

Via Lactea1615

lacteous circle1646

Milky Way1854

Walsingham Wayc1878

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. i. f. 94^v The tracte of heauen cauled Lactea via, that is, the mylke whyte waye.

1594 Taming of a Shrew sig. D3^v As faire as is the milke white way of Ioue.

1594 T. Blundeville Exercises iv. xix. f. 223^v Hauing described vnto you..as many Stars as are named in the Globe, and also the milke white way [etc.].

Derivatives

† milk-whitish adj. Obsolete of a colour close to that of milk.

ΚΠ

1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) xii. f. 153^v His heare Was blacke as ieate, but that his tayle and feete mylk whyghtish were.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	milk-white
释义	milk-whiteadj.n. Brit. /ˈmɪlkwʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈmɪlkˈ(h)waɪt/ Forms: see milk n.¹ and white adj. and n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: milk n.¹, white adj. Etymology: < milk n.¹ + white adj. Compare Dutch melkwit (a1662), Middle High German milchwīz (German milchweiss ). Compare milky-white adj. at milky adj. Compounds 2. A. adj. Of a pure, opaque white colour like milk; (Botany) of a white colour tinged with blue. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > [adjective] > pure white > as milk milk-whiteOE as white as milkOE milkisha1398 milkya1398 milkc1450 milky-white1581 milkena1586 lacteal1633 lacteous1646 lactaceous1656 lactean1659 lactescent1758 milchy1890 OE Ælfric Gram. (St. John's Oxf.) 295 Ealswa floridam iuuentutem et lacteam caniciem ða blostmbæran iuguðe and þa meolchwitan harunge. OE Prudentius Glosses (Boulogne 189) in H. D. Meritt Old Eng. Prudentius Glosses (1959) 11 Lacteo : of meolchwyttre. OE Prudentius Glosses (Boulogne 189) in H. D. Meritt Old Eng. Prudentius Glosses (1959) 71 Lacteis, albis : meolchwitum. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) 15938 Þe oder [dragon] is milc-whit. ?1316 Short Metrical Chron. (Royal) 621 in J. Ritson Anc. Eng. Metrical Romanceës (1802) II. 296 Thre hondred steden mylk-whyte. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) 958 (MED) Þat oþer..watz..Chymbled ouer hir blake chyn with mylkquyte vayles. c1450 (a1400) Libeaus Desconus (Calig. A.ii) (1969) 887 (MED) Melk whyt was he[r] face. 1595 Alcilia (1879) 19 The snow, Whose milke-white mantell ouerspreeds the ground. 1639 T. de Gray Compl. Horseman ii. iii. 59 The Horse which is Milke white. 1681 R. Knox Hist. Ceylon i. vi. 25 There is another sort [of monkey] just of the same bigness, but differ [sic] in colour, being milk white both in body and face. 1718 M. Prior Dove 78 Her blushing face the lovely maid Rais'd just above the milk-white sheet. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. viii. vi. 187 Last Night I dreamt again, that I rode behind you on a Milk white Mare, which is a very excellent Dream, and betokens much good Fortune. View more context for this quotation 1798 T. Jones Memoirs (1951) 41 An open Landaw..drawn by Milk white-bullocks. 1808 W. Scott Marmion iv. vii. 192 On milk-white palfrey forth he paced. 1839 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. (ed. 3) 477 Milk-white..; dull white verging to blue. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 154 A broad, milk-white beach received the vast rollers. 1933 W. de la Mare Fleeting & Other Poems 92 The milk-white mists of night. 1973 W. T. Stearn Bot. Latin xviii. 244 Milk-white, that is, having a suffusion of blue, is represented by lacteus, [etc.]. 1980 Catal. Fine Chinese Ceramics (Sotheby, Hong Kong) 75 A pair of five clawed dragons striding after ‘flaming pearls’, in a fine line technique under the milk-white glaze. B. n. A milk-white colour. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > [noun] > pure whiteness > as milk milk-white1547 milkiness1659 lactescency1758 milk1804 latescencea1856 1547 R. Record Vrinal of Physick f. 32 Darke whyte coloures, as mylke whyte, whyte lyke horne, and grey. 1683 A. Snape Anat. Horse i. i. 2 The Horse will be of a milk-white or yellow-dun. 1855 R. F. Burton Personal Narr. Pilgrimage to El-Medinah (1861) I. 306 The sky is of a dead milk-white. 1896 J. M. Davidson in Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 152 154 It is in form of nodules, and shows the mineral in several shades of green, and one specimen of pure milk-white color. 1958 J. E. Morton Molluscs ii. 40 The carnivorous pleurobranchids..develop brights reds and yellows, or reds against milk-white, which may be taken to be warning colours. Compounds † milk-white girdle n. Obsolete rare the Milky Way. ΚΠ J. Metham Amoryus & Cleopes (1916) 1600 But viij days befforn apperyd in the fyrmament A lemyng sterre... In the mylke qwyte gyrdyl. † milk-white way n. Obsolete the Milky Way. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > constellation > galaxy > [noun] > Milky Way wayeOE Watling Streetc1384 galaxya1398 milky circlea1398 Milky Wayc1450 milk way1555 milk-white way1555 white circle1563 milken waya1586 milken race1596 milk circle1601 Via Lactea1615 lacteous circle1646 Milky Way1854 Walsingham Wayc1878 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. i. f. 94^v The tracte of heauen cauled Lactea via, that is, the mylke whyte waye. 1594 Taming of a Shrew sig. D3^v As faire as is the milke white way of Ioue. 1594 T. Blundeville Exercises iv. xix. f. 223^v Hauing described vnto you..as many Stars as are named in the Globe, and also the milke white way [etc.]. Derivatives † milk-whitish adj. Obsolete of a colour close to that of milk. ΚΠ 1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) xii. f. 153^v His heare Was blacke as ieate, but that his tayle and feete mylk whyghtish were. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.OE
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