† nitorn.

Forms: 1600s nitor, 1600s nitour.

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

Etymology: < classical Latin nitor brightness, splendour, brilliance < nitēre to shine (see nitent adj.) + -or -or suffix. Compare Middle French niteur brightness, splendour (1556; 1531 in sense ‘purity (of conscience)’).

Obsolete.

Brightness, brilliance. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > intensity of light > [noun] > brilliance

alightingeOE

cleretea1340

blasenessa1398

clarityc1400

splendourc1450

resplendishure?1473

resplendour?1473

resplendence?a1475

resplendishing1479

flamingc1540

blazing1563

blaze1586

fulgence1592

fulgoura1600

resplendency1599

splendence1604

nitor1607

refulgence1624

refulgency?1624

fulgurea1634

fulgency1643

fulgidity1656

lucency1656

transplendency1664

vividness1668

brillant1676

shiningness1703

fulgurity1721

vivacity1735

brilliancy1747

brilliance1755

flame1800

éclata1806

vividity1813

prefulgence1892

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 681 The amber..getteth that nitour and shining beauty, which we find to be in it.

1637 J. Pocklington Altare Christianum 42 Some excellent new Fucus to restore my complexion to a cleerer nitour.

a1645 D. Featley in T. Fuller Abel Redevivus (1657) 557 Illustrated by the Nitour and clarity of a perspicuous style.

1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iv. 129 Virtue gives a Nitor, Lustre, Splendor, Beautie and Glorie to the Soul.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	nitor
释义	† nitorn. Forms: 1600s nitor, 1600s nitour. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin nitor. Etymology: < classical Latin nitor brightness, splendour, brilliance < nitēre to shine (see nitent adj.) + -or -or suffix. Compare Middle French niteur brightness, splendour (1556; 1531 in sense ‘purity (of conscience)’). Obsolete. Brightness, brilliance. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > intensity of light > [noun] > brilliance alightingeOE cleretea1340 blasenessa1398 clarityc1400 splendourc1450 resplendishure?1473 resplendour?1473 resplendence?a1475 resplendishing1479 flamingc1540 blazing1563 blaze1586 fulgence1592 fulgoura1600 resplendency1599 splendence1604 nitor1607 refulgence1624 refulgency?1624 fulgurea1634 fulgency1643 fulgidity1656 lucency1656 transplendency1664 vividness1668 brillant1676 shiningness1703 fulgurity1721 vivacity1735 brilliancy1747 brilliance1755 flame1800 éclata1806 vividity1813 prefulgence1892 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 681 The amber..getteth that nitour and shining beauty, which we find to be in it. 1637 J. Pocklington Altare Christianum 42 Some excellent new Fucus to restore my complexion to a cleerer nitour. a1645 D. Featley in T. Fuller Abel Redevivus (1657) 557 Illustrated by the Nitour and clarity of a perspicuous style. 1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iv. 129 Virtue gives a Nitor, Lustre, Splendor, Beautie and Glorie to the Soul. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1607
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