nitidadj.

Brit.

/ˈnɪtɪd/, U.S.

/ˈnɪdɪd/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin nitidus.

Etymology: < classical Latin nitidus bright, shining, glossy < nitēre to shine (see nitent adj.) + -idus -id suffix¹. Compare Middle French, French nitide (1545), Italian nitido (a1321), Spanish nítido (1444), Portuguese nítido (16th cent.).

Now chiefly Botany.

Bright, shining; polished, glossy. Also figurative.

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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > polishing > [adjective]

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the world > matter > light > intensity of light > [adjective] > bright

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1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια viii. x. 573 The bloud is..depurated that it might better be conuerted into the nitid and pure substance of these bodies [sc. the bones and membranes].

1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Mm3^v The best [sc. scammony] is nitid, splendid, clear like gum..easily liquescible.

1671 J. Flamsteed Let. 3 May in Corr. (1995) I. 89 A perfect appearance of the sun..with a most nitid periphery.

1728 J. Thomson Spring 30 The nitid Hues Which speck them o'er.

1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. iii. v. 179 Nitid, bright; when the Smoothness of the Leaves causes them to shine.

1794 H. L. Piozzi Brit. Synonymy II. 320 Una resembles a pearl, loveliest in a strong and open daylight, where all her nitid beauties show most clearly.

1823 S. Smith Wks. (1850) 376 Forth from his bill-case this votary of Plutus took his nitid Newlands.

1851 Beck's Florist 36 The flowers..spring from a singularly nitid imbricated spike of large bracts.

1889 T. C. Irwin Poems, Sketches & Songs 201 The Bee, with sting aculeate And vest of velvet soft, was seen To..climb some dewy, nitid stem, Or brustle some burred thistle's screen.

1911 L. J. Vance Cynthia 255 Its colour an incredible, nitid blue like the blue of a cornflower sapphire.

1953 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 80 408 Coriaceous, elliptical, small, leaves which are nitid above and woolly beneath.

1993 Brittonia 45 264/1 The adaxial surface smooth (drying rugulose), nitid, the margins revolute or plane.

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

单词	nitid
释义	nitidadj. Brit. /ˈnɪtɪd/, U.S. /ˈnɪdɪd/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin nitidus. Etymology: < classical Latin nitidus bright, shining, glossy < nitēre to shine (see nitent adj.) + -idus -id suffix¹. Compare Middle French, French nitide (1545), Italian nitido (a1321), Spanish nítido (1444), Portuguese nítido (16th cent.). Now chiefly Botany. Bright, shining; polished, glossy. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > polishing > [adjective] polisheda1382 forbed1413 furbishedc1430 smeltc1540 nitid1615 neat-polished1729 the world > matter > light > intensity of light > [adjective] > bright shininga900 lighteOE lightlyOE sheenOE torhtOE shirea1000 steepa1000 shimmeringc1000 brightOE strongOE clear1297 fair?a1300 bright-shininga1387 merrya1393 skirea1400 lucident14.. shimc1400 staringc1400 luculentc1420 splendent1474 illuminousc1485 lucentc1500 bloominga1522 sheer1565 prelucent1568 faculent1575 splendant1578 lucid1591 neat1591 shine1596 translucent1596 well-lighted1606 nitid1615 lucible1623 dilucid1653 translucid1657 hard1660 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια viii. x. 573 The bloud is..depurated that it might better be conuerted into the nitid and pure substance of these bodies [sc. the bones and membranes]. 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Mm3^v The best [sc. scammony] is nitid, splendid, clear like gum..easily liquescible. 1671 J. Flamsteed Let. 3 May in Corr. (1995) I. 89 A perfect appearance of the sun..with a most nitid periphery. 1728 J. Thomson Spring 30 The nitid Hues Which speck them o'er. 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. iii. v. 179 Nitid, bright; when the Smoothness of the Leaves causes them to shine. 1794 H. L. Piozzi Brit. Synonymy II. 320 Una resembles a pearl, loveliest in a strong and open daylight, where all her nitid beauties show most clearly. 1823 S. Smith Wks. (1850) 376 Forth from his bill-case this votary of Plutus took his nitid Newlands. 1851 Beck's Florist 36 The flowers..spring from a singularly nitid imbricated spike of large bracts. 1889 T. C. Irwin Poems, Sketches & Songs 201 The Bee, with sting aculeate And vest of velvet soft, was seen To..climb some dewy, nitid stem, Or brustle some burred thistle's screen. 1911 L. J. Vance Cynthia 255 Its colour an incredible, nitid blue like the blue of a cornflower sapphire. 1953 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 80 408 Coriaceous, elliptical, small, leaves which are nitid above and woolly beneath. 1993 Brittonia 45 264/1 The adaxial surface smooth (drying rugulose), nitid, the margins revolute or plane. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1615
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