parchmentyadj.

Brit.

/ˈpɑːtʃm(ə)nti/, U.S.

/ˈpɑrtʃmən(t)i/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: parchment n., -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < parchment n. + -y suffix¹. Compare earlier pergamentaceous adj., pergameneous adj.

Of the nature of parchment; resembling or suggestive of parchment.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > writing > writing materials > material to write on > skin (vellum or parchment) > [adjective] > parchment

pergamenous1656

pergameneous1826

pergamentaceous1848

parchmenty1850

1850 W. S. R. Hodson Let. 4 Aug. in Twelve Years Soldier's Life in India (1864) 160 Contrast my white face and yellow hair with Sir Henry's nut-brown, the pale white parchmenty-color of the Kashmeree, the honest brunette tinge of the tall Sikh, [etc.].

1856 W. B. Carpenter Microscope §396 The wings are usually of parchmenty consistence.

1899 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 28 105 As they eat with their fingers, dipping them into the palm oil, etc., for the first inch or two, the fingers get a sort of parchmenty look.

1972 J. Lees-Milne Let. 6 Apr. (1994) 219 She is thin as a wraith and her face is parchmenty and yellow.

1990 J. Updike Rabbit at Rest ii. 309 All rotten and parchmenty like a mummy in her casket, too hideous for the mind to grasp.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	parchmenty
释义	parchmentyadj. Brit. /ˈpɑːtʃm(ə)nti/, U.S. /ˈpɑrtʃmən(t)i/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: parchment n., -y suffix¹. Etymology: < parchment n. + -y suffix¹. Compare earlier pergamentaceous adj., pergameneous adj. Of the nature of parchment; resembling or suggestive of parchment. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > writing materials > material to write on > skin (vellum or parchment) > [adjective] > parchment pergamenous1656 pergameneous1826 pergamentaceous1848 parchmenty1850 1850 W. S. R. Hodson Let. 4 Aug. in Twelve Years Soldier's Life in India (1864) 160 Contrast my white face and yellow hair with Sir Henry's nut-brown, the pale white parchmenty-color of the Kashmeree, the honest brunette tinge of the tall Sikh, [etc.]. 1856 W. B. Carpenter Microscope §396 The wings are usually of parchmenty consistence. 1899 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 28 105 As they eat with their fingers, dipping them into the palm oil, etc., for the first inch or two, the fingers get a sort of parchmenty look. 1972 J. Lees-Milne Let. 6 Apr. (1994) 219 She is thin as a wraith and her face is parchmenty and yellow. 1990 J. Updike Rabbit at Rest ii. 309 All rotten and parchmenty like a mummy in her casket, too hideous for the mind to grasp. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1850
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