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单词 musk colour
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musk colourmusk colorn.adj.

Brit. /ˈmʌsk ˌkʌlə/, U.S. /ˈməs(k) ˌkələr/
Forms: see musk n. and colour n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: musk n., colour n.1
Etymology: < musk n. + colour n.1
Now rare.
A. n.
A dark reddish brown colour, resembling that of musk.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [noun] > reddish brown > musk
musk colour1614
1614 N. Downton Let. 20 Nov. in W. Foster Lett. received by E. India Co. (1897) ii. 171 It is in vain to show them..all your musk colours and sand colours and all others inclining to sadness.
1654 B. Whitelocke Jrnl. Swedish Ambassy (1772) II. 179 A plain suit of..english cloth of muske colour.
1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis i. vii. ii. 164 'Tis about two inches long. Of a dark brown or Musk-colour.
1690 London Gaz. No. 2612/4 Lost..a Coach-Horses Hammock of Crimson and Musk Colour Caffaw fringed with the same colours.
1891 Q. Jrnl. Econ. 6 53 A musk-color and a purple lupine bloom were the most constant characteristics.
B. adj. (attributive).
= musk-coloured adj. Obsolete.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [adjective] > reddish brown > musk
musk coloura1631
musk-coloured1684
a1631 J. Donne Poems (1633) 327 A cheape whore, who hath beene Worne by as many severall men in sinne, As are black feathers, or musk-colour hose.
c1644 Tailors' Acct. Bk. f. 61 Ane cloik dowblet and breikis of muche muisske coiller claith.
1685 London Gaz. No. 2072/4 He was habited in a Musk colour Cloth Coat.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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