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单词 prismic
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prismicadj.

Brit. /ˈprɪzmɪk/, U.S. /ˈprɪzmɪk/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prism n., -ic suffix.
Etymology: < prism n. + -ic suffix. Compare earlier prismed adj., prismatic adj., prismatical adj.
Of, relating to, or produced by a prism, esp. one which is transparent; (in extended use also) brightly coloured, brilliant. Cf. prismatic adj. 2.
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the world > matter > colour > variegation > [adjective] > brightly
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prismatic1677
prismed1764
prismic1790
prismal1850
jazzy1917
psychedelic1965
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > instruments to refract, etc., light > [adjective] > prism
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prismic1790
prismal1850
1790 W. Waring Let. 30 Jan. in T. Jefferson Papers (1961) XVI. 622 A prismic Vessel, 3 Hands Square and 4 deep..nearly equal to the Winchester Bushel, might be a Standard for ours.
1879 Atlantic Monthly May 618 All honor to that keen Promethean soul Who caught the prismic hues of Jove and Mars.
1884 W. C. Smith Kildrostan i. i. 41 Broken prismic lights.
1913 Grand Rapids (Wisconsin) Tribune 19 Mar. The time of bud and blossom, leaf and spray, glancing wing and sudden song, floating cloud and prismic shower.
1949 Jrnl. Aesthetics & Art Crit. 7 320 A topical aesthetics fixes its look on the relationships of empty spaces to full ones..the prismic decompositions made by the window on the stone.
2004 Financial Times (Nexis) 7 Feb. (Weekend section) 16 We have..been wrapping materials (prismic glass, fringed chintz, paper, plastics, stainless steel) around electric lamps ever since the birth of the light bulb.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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