pucen.adj.

Brit.

/pjuːs/, U.S.

/pjus/

Forms: 1700s– puce, 1800s peuce.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French puce.

Etymology: < French puce (noun) dark purple brown or brownish purple colour (1775), (adjective) having this colour (1775 in couleur puce ), transferred use of puce flea (c1170 in Old French as pulce ; < classical Latin pūlic- , pūlex flea: see pulicine adj.), the colour resembling that of a flea. In puce colour at sense A. 1 after French couleur puce (see above).In the following quot., de couleur de puce apparently reflects a misapprehension of French couleur puce, couleur de puce, or de couleur puce (compare English of the colour of (something)):1793 S. Rowson Inquisitor (new ed.) III. 193 His coat was de couleur de puce, but much the worse for wear.

A. n.

I. Compounds.

1. puce colour: a dark purple brown or brownish purple colour.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [noun] > purplish brown

raisin1764

puce colour1778

lavender-brown1813

1778 Williamson's Liverpool Advertiser 27 Nov. It is a loose robe, of puce colour, cuffed and collared with white-sattin.

1786 Daily Universal Reg. 11 Feb. 3/2 Lady Maria Finch—plain white satin robe, and coat of the same, richly embroidered in stripes, in puce colour and gold, ornamented with roses.

1791 W. Hamilton tr. C.-L. Berthollet Elements Art of Dyeing I. i. i. ii. 32 Colours inclining to red on the one hand and black on the other, such as mordoré and puce colour.

1820 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 197/2 A rich twilled sarcenet pelisse, of a peuce colour.

1852 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 142 467 On trying other pale glasses, I found one of a puce colour.

1907 Burlington Mag. Dec. 170/2 The ‘azure’..is rendered by a nondescript puce colour.

1935 Times 11 Jan. 10/4 Handsomely engraved and printed in a rich puce colour.

2. puce-coloured: that is of puce colour.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > purple or purpleness > [adjective] > brownish purple

puce1787

puce-coloured1790

1790 Times 19 Jan. 2/6 At the Drawing-Room, and at the Ball a crimson blue and puce coloured striped velvet dress coat.

1812 H. Davy Elements Chem. Philos. 212 The puce-coloured oxide of lead.

a1817 J. Austen Northanger Abbey (1818) I. xv. 283 I remember too, Miss Andrews drank tea with us that evening, and wore her puce-coloured sarsenet.

1874 A. B. Garrod & E. B. Baxter Essentials Materia Medica (ed. 4) 410 Cochineal yields when crushed a puce-coloured powder.

1940 Burlington Mag. Sept. 87/2 The gentleman..seems by his dark, full-bottomed wig and suit of puce-coloured velvet, to belong to an earlier age.

2005 Cosmopolitan Aug. 88/2 Vibrators have been known to actually fly across the departure-lounge floor,..only to be picked up by staff and returned to the puce-coloured proprietor.

II. Simple uses.

3. = puce colour at sense A. 1.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > purple or purpleness > [noun] > brownish purple

puce1781

1781 T. Holcroft tr. Comtesse de Genlis Theatre Educ. IV. 128 I love none but gay colours, I cannot endure the prune de Monsieur, and the puce.

1843 New Monthly Mag. July 293 With little jackets, so smart and spruce, Of Lincoln green, sky-blue, or puce.

1857 G. W. S. Piesse Art of Perfumery 149 When blue and red are united, the compound color is known as puce or violet.

1882 Garden 16 Sept. 260/1 Blooms of..rich dark puce, suffused with maroon.

1897 Daily News 25 June 2/6 The mountains had all put on..the purple puce of twilight.

1925 I. Irwin in B. C. Williams O. Henry Prize Stories of 1924 1 Montjoy himself, big-nosed, mottle-faced, dull-eyed, the puce of his suit the exact shade of his hard cheeks.

a1979 J. Grenfell Turn back Clock (1983) i. 105 Her face turns a terrible puce.

2003 Quilter's Newsletter Mag. Mar. 47/1 Madder browns were warm, reddish browns ranging from tan through the dark purplish-brown the dyers called chocolate... Another name for the purplish-brown is puce.

B. adj.

Of a purple brown or brownish purple colour. N. E. D. (1909) defines, etymologically, as: ‘Of a flea-colour’.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > purple or purpleness > [adjective] > brownish purple

puce1787

puce-coloured1790

1787 Daily Universal Reg. 20 Jan. 2/4 A broad embroidered border on puce sattin.

1791 Times 30 Sept. 4/1 The shoes puce, ornamented with blue.

1834 J. W. Carlyle Lett. I. 10 The old black gown (which was dyed puce for me at Dumfries).

1864 Mrs. H. Wood Trevlyn Hold I. xi. 182 She wore a puce silk paletot, as they are called.

1893 J. Ashby-Sterry Naughty Girl ix. 79 His puce silk suit, his muslin cravat.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses i. i. [Telemachus] 17 I want puce gloves and green boots.

1981 ‘J. Gash’ Vatican Rip i. 15 Chris Anders was normally a taciturn geezer but now his face was puce with fury.

1993 Tatler July 112/2 Dapperly dressed in a baggy jacket, suede loafers and a puce tie featuring performing seals.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	puce
释义	pucen.adj. Brit. /pjuːs/, U.S. /pjus/ Forms: 1700s– puce, 1800s peuce. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French puce. Etymology: < French puce (noun) dark purple brown or brownish purple colour (1775), (adjective) having this colour (1775 in couleur puce ), transferred use of puce flea (c1170 in Old French as pulce ; < classical Latin pūlic- , pūlex flea: see pulicine adj.), the colour resembling that of a flea. In puce colour at sense A. 1 after French couleur puce (see above).In the following quot., de couleur de puce apparently reflects a misapprehension of French couleur puce, couleur de puce, or de couleur puce (compare English of the colour of (something)):1793 S. Rowson Inquisitor (new ed.) III. 193 His coat was de couleur de puce, but much the worse for wear. A. n. I. Compounds. 1. puce colour: a dark purple brown or brownish purple colour. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [noun] > purplish brown raisin1764 puce colour1778 lavender-brown1813 1778 Williamson's Liverpool Advertiser 27 Nov. It is a loose robe, of puce colour, cuffed and collared with white-sattin. 1786 Daily Universal Reg. 11 Feb. 3/2 Lady Maria Finch—plain white satin robe, and coat of the same, richly embroidered in stripes, in puce colour and gold, ornamented with roses. 1791 W. Hamilton tr. C.-L. Berthollet Elements Art of Dyeing I. i. i. ii. 32 Colours inclining to red on the one hand and black on the other, such as mordoré and puce colour. 1820 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 197/2 A rich twilled sarcenet pelisse, of a peuce colour. 1852 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 142 467 On trying other pale glasses, I found one of a puce colour. 1907 Burlington Mag. Dec. 170/2 The ‘azure’..is rendered by a nondescript puce colour. 1935 Times 11 Jan. 10/4 Handsomely engraved and printed in a rich puce colour. 2. puce-coloured: that is of puce colour. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > purple or purpleness > [adjective] > brownish purple puce1787 puce-coloured1790 1790 Times 19 Jan. 2/6 At the Drawing-Room, and at the Ball a crimson blue and puce coloured striped velvet dress coat. 1812 H. Davy Elements Chem. Philos. 212 The puce-coloured oxide of lead. a1817 J. Austen Northanger Abbey (1818) I. xv. 283 I remember too, Miss Andrews drank tea with us that evening, and wore her puce-coloured sarsenet. View more context for this quotation 1874 A. B. Garrod & E. B. Baxter Essentials Materia Medica (ed. 4) 410 Cochineal yields when crushed a puce-coloured powder. 1940 Burlington Mag. Sept. 87/2 The gentleman..seems by his dark, full-bottomed wig and suit of puce-coloured velvet, to belong to an earlier age. 2005 Cosmopolitan Aug. 88/2 Vibrators have been known to actually fly across the departure-lounge floor,..only to be picked up by staff and returned to the puce-coloured proprietor. II. Simple uses. 3. = puce colour at sense A. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > purple or purpleness > [noun] > brownish purple puce1781 1781 T. Holcroft tr. Comtesse de Genlis Theatre Educ. IV. 128 I love none but gay colours, I cannot endure the prune de Monsieur, and the puce. 1843 New Monthly Mag. July 293 With little jackets, so smart and spruce, Of Lincoln green, sky-blue, or puce. 1857 G. W. S. Piesse Art of Perfumery 149 When blue and red are united, the compound color is known as puce or violet. 1882 Garden 16 Sept. 260/1 Blooms of..rich dark puce, suffused with maroon. 1897 Daily News 25 June 2/6 The mountains had all put on..the purple puce of twilight. 1925 I. Irwin in B. C. Williams O. Henry Prize Stories of 1924 1 Montjoy himself, big-nosed, mottle-faced, dull-eyed, the puce of his suit the exact shade of his hard cheeks. a1979 J. Grenfell Turn back Clock (1983) i. 105 Her face turns a terrible puce. 2003 Quilter's Newsletter Mag. Mar. 47/1 Madder browns were warm, reddish browns ranging from tan through the dark purplish-brown the dyers called chocolate... Another name for the purplish-brown is puce. B. adj. Of a purple brown or brownish purple colour. N. E. D. (1909) defines, etymologically, as: ‘Of a flea-colour’. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > purple or purpleness > [adjective] > brownish purple puce1787 puce-coloured1790 1787 Daily Universal Reg. 20 Jan. 2/4 A broad embroidered border on puce sattin. 1791 Times 30 Sept. 4/1 The shoes puce, ornamented with blue. 1834 J. W. Carlyle Lett. I. 10 The old black gown (which was dyed puce for me at Dumfries). 1864 Mrs. H. Wood Trevlyn Hold I. xi. 182 She wore a puce silk paletot, as they are called. 1893 J. Ashby-Sterry Naughty Girl ix. 79 His puce silk suit, his muslin cravat. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses i. i. [Telemachus] 17 I want puce gloves and green boots. 1981 ‘J. Gash’ Vatican Rip i. 15 Chris Anders was normally a taciturn geezer but now his face was puce with fury. 1993 Tatler July 112/2 Dapperly dressed in a baggy jacket, suede loafers and a puce tie featuring performing seals. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1778
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