mouse-dunadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈmaʊs dʌn/, U.S.

/ˈmaʊs ˌdən/

Forms: see mouse n. and dun adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mouse n., dun adj.

Etymology: < mouse n. + dun adj. Compare mouse-colour n. and adj.

A. adj.

Mouse-coloured.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > grey or greyness > [adjective] > yellowish grey

mouse-coloured1605

mouse-colour1607

mouse-dun1686

putty-coloured1820

beige1879

beige-coloured1879

greige1927

tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) iv. 832 (MED) Next hem in merit is dyuers hued: Black bay, & permixt gray, mousdon also.

1686 London Gaz. No. 2146/4 Stray'd or stolen.., a dark mouse dun long made Gelding.

1743 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman Oct. i. 135 (heading) Egg-shell or Mouse-dun Wheat.

1907 Q. Rev. Apr. 554 The mouse-dun Tarpan of the Russian steppes.

1998 Press & Jrnl. (Aberdeen) (Nexis) 27 July 15 J. Alexander, Kippen, with Bobby-Joel of Taylorton, a mouse dun 10 year old gelding.

B. n.

The dun colour of a mouse; = mouse-colour n.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > grey or greyness > [noun] > yellowish grey

mouse-dunc1465

mouse-coloura1576

mouse grey1825

putty1869

beige1879

naturelle1887

mouse1895

greige1911

kasha1957

c1465 Care of Horses (Yale Beinecke 163) f. 50 A Mouse donne is best next.

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 116^v Touching the colours,..the mousedun, and the grisel weare most esteemed.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Poil Couleur de poil de souris, a Mouse-colour, or Mouse-dunne.

1639 T. de Gray Compl. Horseman ii. iii. 58 Your Mouse-Dunne and such like rusty and sut-colours.

1702 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 23 1066 His Hair is brownish, on the back of a Mouse-dun, mixt with very curious white, strip'd doun.

1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species v. 164 These stripes occur far oftenest in duns and mouse-duns.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mouse-dun
释义	mouse-dunadj.n. Brit. /ˈmaʊs dʌn/, U.S. /ˈmaʊs ˌdən/ Forms: see mouse n. and dun adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mouse n., dun adj. Etymology: < mouse n. + dun adj. Compare mouse-colour n. and adj. A. adj. Mouse-coloured. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > grey or greyness > [adjective] > yellowish grey mouse-coloured1605 mouse-colour1607 mouse-dun1686 putty-coloured1820 beige1879 beige-coloured1879 greige1927 tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) iv. 832 (MED) Next hem in merit is dyuers hued: Black bay, & permixt gray, mousdon also. 1686 London Gaz. No. 2146/4 Stray'd or stolen.., a dark mouse dun long made Gelding. 1743 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman Oct. i. 135 (heading) Egg-shell or Mouse-dun Wheat. 1907 Q. Rev. Apr. 554 The mouse-dun Tarpan of the Russian steppes. 1998 Press & Jrnl. (Aberdeen) (Nexis) 27 July 15 J. Alexander, Kippen, with Bobby-Joel of Taylorton, a mouse dun 10 year old gelding. B. n. The dun colour of a mouse; = mouse-colour n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > grey or greyness > [noun] > yellowish grey mouse-dunc1465 mouse-coloura1576 mouse grey1825 putty1869 beige1879 naturelle1887 mouse1895 greige1911 kasha1957 c1465 Care of Horses (Yale Beinecke 163) f. 50 A Mouse donne is best next. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 116^v Touching the colours,..the mousedun, and the grisel weare most esteemed. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Poil Couleur de poil de souris, a Mouse-colour, or Mouse-dunne. 1639 T. de Gray Compl. Horseman ii. iii. 58 Your Mouse-Dunne and such like rusty and sut-colours. 1702 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 23 1066 His Hair is brownish, on the back of a Mouse-dun, mixt with very curious white, strip'd doun. 1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species v. 164 These stripes occur far oftenest in duns and mouse-duns. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.?1440
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