picescentadj.

Brit.

/pʌɪˈsɛsnt/,

/pɪˈsɛsnt/, U.S.

/paɪˈsɛs(ə)nt/,

/pᵻˈsɛs(ə)nt/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin piceus , -escent suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin piceus pitchy (see piceous adj.) + -escent suffix. Compare earlier piceous adj. 2.

Entomology. Now rare.

Somewhat resembling pitch in colour; tending to brownish-black.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > black or blackness > [adjective] > typically black > as pitch

black as pitch?a1300

pitchya1522

pitch black1598

pitch-coloured1601

pitchy black1615

piceous1726

picescent1847

1847 J. Hardy in Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 245 Anterior coxæ picescent.

1898 Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 25 155 Antennæ entirely black, or at most merely picescent at base.

1932 Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 25 177 Testaceous, upper surface, except flanks of pronotum, narrowly picescent.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	picescent
释义	picescentadj. Brit. /pʌɪˈsɛsnt/, /pɪˈsɛsnt/, U.S. /paɪˈsɛs(ə)nt/, /pᵻˈsɛs(ə)nt/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin piceus , -escent suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin piceus pitchy (see piceous adj.) + -escent suffix. Compare earlier piceous adj. 2. Entomology. Now rare. Somewhat resembling pitch in colour; tending to brownish-black. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > black or blackness > [adjective] > typically black > as pitch black as pitch?a1300 pitchya1522 pitch black1598 pitch-coloured1601 pitchy black1615 piceous1726 picescent1847 1847 J. Hardy in Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 245 Anterior coxæ picescent. 1898 Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 25 155 Antennæ entirely black, or at most merely picescent at base. 1932 Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 25 177 Testaceous, upper surface, except flanks of pronotum, narrowly picescent. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1847
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