单词 | mourning black |
释义 | mourning blackn. (a) Black cloth used for mourning garments or draperies; garments made of this cloth; also figurative. (b) Black colour, as a symbol of death and bereavement. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > obsequies > formal or ceremonial mourning > [noun] > mourning drapery mourning blacka1425 mournings1634 mourning1663 mortcloth1837 the world > life > death > obsequies > formal or ceremonial mourning > [noun] > mourning colour sablec1374 mourning blacka1425 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > for specific purpose > mourning clothes, habit, weeds of dole1388 clothing of carea1400 blacka1425 mourning blacka1425 mourningc1450 weedsc1485 dolec1500 care-weed?1507 sables1603 wailing robesa1616 mournings1634 penitentials1679 dismals1748 weedery1908 a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) 4756 For also wel wol love be set..be amourettes In mournyng blak [Fr. buriaus], as bright burnettes. 1579 T. Churchyard Miserie of Flaunders sig. Cii In mournyng blacke, let all thy people goe. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) iv. iv. sig. Oo4v O flowers,..Of Princes losse your selues for tokens reare, Lilly in mourning blacke thy whitenes die. 1681 J. Oldham Some New Pieces never Publisht 76 For thee..his much-lov'd Son, Does Phœbus Clouds of mourning black put on. 1774 Pennsylvania Gaz. 5 Jan. 4/1 (advt.) Just imported, from London and elsewhere, a curious Collection of various Goods, among which are..mourning black and blue buckles. 1837 Southern Lit. Messenger July 427/2 The venerated Ex-President Madison's death is published with all due formality, encircled by mourning black lines—the printer's funeral pall. 1976 Economist (Nexis) 4 Dec. 68 Women in mourning black are very evident on the Maronite side. 2001 Washington Post (Electronic ed.) 21 Jan. c1 ‘I'm a strong Democrat,’ said Lowe, dressed in mourning black with a glittery, Clintonesque saxophone pin. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1425 |
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