resedan.adj.

Brit.

/ˈrɛsᵻdə/,

/rᵻˈsiːdə/, U.S.

/rəˈsidə/

Forms: 1500s 1700s– reseda, 1700s resida (Scottish), 1800s réséda (in senses A. 2 and B.).

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French réséda; Latin resēda.

Etymology: < French réséda, †resida plant of the genus Reseda (1562 in Middle French in an isolated attestation; subsequently 1659 as resede , 1723 as resida , and from 1750 as réséda ), pale green colour (1864) and its etymon classical Latin resēda plant credited with healing properties, perhaps the mignonette ( Reseda alba), according to Pliny < the imperative of resēdāre to soothe, relieve ( < re- re- prefix + sēdāre sedate v.), the words morbos resēda having been used as a charm when applying the plant to the reduction of tumours.

A. n.

1. Botany. Any of numerous, chiefly Mediterranean plants constituting the genus Reseda (family Resedaceae), with small, zygomorphic, chiefly greenish, yellowish, or whitish flowers in spikelike racemes, and one-celled ovaries open at the top. Also (in form Reseda): the genus itself.The genus Reseda includes mignonette, R. odorata, and wild or dyer's rocket, R. luteola.Valid publication of the genus name: Linnaeus Species plantarum (1753) I. 448, after J. P. de Tournefort Inst. rei herbariæ (1700) I. 425.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > resedaceous plants (weldworts) > [noun] > plants belonging to

bastard woad1597

weld1597

reseda1752

weld plant1805

1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 278 Reseda..is called..in English Italian Rocket.

1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum Reseda, in English, The Base Wild Rocket,..is of various Kinds; but the larger Sort with yellow Flowers makes the vest Shew in my Opinion.]

1752 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. (ed. 6) at Reseda 9. Ægyptiaca minor, floribus fragrantissimis. The Mignonette d'Egypt, or small sweet-scented Reseda.

1754 Catal. Seeds in Fam. Rose Kilravock (Spalding Club) 427 Sweet-scented resida.

1797 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 87/1 Reseda, Dyer's-weed, Yellow-weed, Weld, or Wild-woad.

1833 Mag. Nat. Hist. 6 441 Well, the flowers of the resedas, or mignonettes, have a structure to which no obvious analogies are known.

1875 A. W. Bennett & W. T. T. Dyer tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. 177 Distinctly successive formation of the members of a whorl (as in..flowers of Reseda, &c.).

1908 Jrnl. Hort. & Home Farmer 14 May 450/1 Even the humble Reseda (Mignonette) has found an admirer in royalty. A Saxon prince..placed the flower on his ancient crest.

1947 Valley Morning Star (Harlingen, Texas) 30 Nov. ii. 10/2 The Reseda or Shrub Mignonette is another which has a berried fruit which is useful in the cutting garden.

1997 D. J. Mabberley Plant-bk. (ed. 2) 610 The open ovary of Reseda & allies unique.

2. A pale green colour, similar to that of the mignonette flower. Cf. mignonette n. 2d.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [noun] > shade or tint of green > light green

willow-green1672

oil-green1673

lily-green1739

celadon1768

nascent green1839

ice-green1863

eau-de-nil1870

Nile green1871

absinthe1872

reseda1874

feuille1883

mignonette1883

chartreuse1884

water-green1884

mignonette-green1888

Nile1895

serpent1895

willow1922

peppermint1930

kelly1936

1874 Chem. News 24 July 42/2 This number contains receipts..for a pale reseda.

1883 Contemp. Rev. Sept. 424 Réséda,..a pretty pale green which came in some seven years ago.., the soft tint of mignonette.

1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 28 Feb. 4/1 Réséda has been all the rage this season, and réséda it was in the streets till you got quite..tired of seeing it.

1948 B. Rackham tr. O. Fischel Raphael I. iv. 29 A chord of three ethereal notes weaves itself above the favoured earth, which floats under a whitish haze in terracotta and reseda.

1968 E. Brill Old Cotswold v. 85 Its tall spires can sometimes be seen on the banks of newly-widened roads, the pale reseda of its leaves conspicuous among the darker greens of coarser herbage.

1996 A. Theroux Secondary Colors 225 I once pulled a dead, dripping boy out of the water at Wright's Pond..who was precisely that color, a sort of reseda.

B. adj.

Of the colour reseda.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [adjective] > light green

beryl1594

spring green1735

water-green1757

berylline1847

chlorinea1849

peppermint1868

reseda1873

absinthe1963

lily-green1965

pepperminty1981

1873 Young Englishwoman Apr. 182/2 A dress of réséda grosgrain silk.

1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 8 Apr. 4/2 A réséda skirt.

1927 F. B. Young Portrait of Clare 25 She forced herself to dwell upon the vision of the reseda shantung dress designed by Liberty.

2008 Sunday Times (Nexis) 2 Mar. 4 The house is rescued from austerity by the invitingly comfortable sofas, the honeyed gleam of the wood floors and a confident use of colour, from the coral-red front door..to the pretty ‘reseda’ appley-minty green bedroom walls.

Compounds

General attributive and similative.

reseda colour n.

ΚΠ

1824 A. Ure tr. C. L. Berthollet & A. B. Berthollet Art of Dyeing II. 437 (heading) Réséda Colour.

1948 B. Rackham tr. O. Fischel Raphael I. vii. 107 The silver rider on the white horse against the ground of grey mingled with reseda-colour, are among the most beautiful passages in Raphael's paintings.

reseda-coloured adj.

ΚΠ

1873 Young Englishwoman Mar. 130/1 A costume of réséda-coloured poplinette is composed of a skirt rasterre, and a redingote tunic.

1931 Times 9 Oct. 15/5 The bride travelled in a two-piece suit of reseda-coloured crêpe flammand with a hat to match and stone-marten furs.

reseda green adj. and n.

ΚΠ

1902 Westm. Gaz. 23 Oct. 3/1 One sees..dark blue and reseda-green and some red frocks and costumes.

1953 Times 2 June 9/2 The calyx is embroidered in reseda green silk, silver thread, and diamond dewdrops.

1994 E. Weber Hollow Years vii. 192 Fastidious entraîneurs, finding British scout uniforms ‘too untidy’ and their scarves vulgar, replaced them with a military-style uniform of reseda green color, a tie, and a hat with brim raised à la française.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	reseda
释义	resedan.adj. Brit. /ˈrɛsᵻdə/, /rᵻˈsiːdə/, U.S. /rəˈsidə/ Forms: 1500s 1700s– reseda, 1700s resida (Scottish), 1800s réséda (in senses A. 2 and B.). Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French réséda; Latin resēda. Etymology: < French réséda, †resida plant of the genus Reseda (1562 in Middle French in an isolated attestation; subsequently 1659 as resede , 1723 as resida , and from 1750 as réséda ), pale green colour (1864) and its etymon classical Latin resēda plant credited with healing properties, perhaps the mignonette ( Reseda alba), according to Pliny < the imperative of resēdāre to soothe, relieve ( < re- re- prefix + sēdāre sedate v.), the words morbos resēda having been used as a charm when applying the plant to the reduction of tumours. A. n. 1. Botany. Any of numerous, chiefly Mediterranean plants constituting the genus Reseda (family Resedaceae), with small, zygomorphic, chiefly greenish, yellowish, or whitish flowers in spikelike racemes, and one-celled ovaries open at the top. Also (in form Reseda): the genus itself.The genus Reseda includes mignonette, R. odorata, and wild or dyer's rocket, R. luteola.Valid publication of the genus name: Linnaeus Species plantarum (1753) I. 448, after J. P. de Tournefort Inst. rei herbariæ (1700) I. 425. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > resedaceous plants (weldworts) > [noun] > plants belonging to bastard woad1597 weld1597 reseda1752 weld plant1805 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 278 Reseda..is called..in English Italian Rocket. 1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum Reseda, in English, The Base Wild Rocket,..is of various Kinds; but the larger Sort with yellow Flowers makes the vest Shew in my Opinion.] 1752 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. (ed. 6) at Reseda 9. Ægyptiaca minor, floribus fragrantissimis. The Mignonette d'Egypt, or small sweet-scented Reseda. 1754 Catal. Seeds in Fam. Rose Kilravock (Spalding Club) 427 Sweet-scented resida. 1797 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 87/1 Reseda, Dyer's-weed, Yellow-weed, Weld, or Wild-woad. 1833 Mag. Nat. Hist. 6 441 Well, the flowers of the resedas, or mignonettes, have a structure to which no obvious analogies are known. 1875 A. W. Bennett & W. T. T. Dyer tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. 177 Distinctly successive formation of the members of a whorl (as in..flowers of Reseda, &c.). 1908 Jrnl. Hort. & Home Farmer 14 May 450/1 Even the humble Reseda (Mignonette) has found an admirer in royalty. A Saxon prince..placed the flower on his ancient crest. 1947 Valley Morning Star (Harlingen, Texas) 30 Nov. ii. 10/2 The Reseda or Shrub Mignonette is another which has a berried fruit which is useful in the cutting garden. 1997 D. J. Mabberley Plant-bk. (ed. 2) 610 The open ovary of Reseda & allies unique. 2. A pale green colour, similar to that of the mignonette flower. Cf. mignonette n. 2d. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [noun] > shade or tint of green > light green willow-green1672 oil-green1673 lily-green1739 celadon1768 nascent green1839 ice-green1863 eau-de-nil1870 Nile green1871 absinthe1872 reseda1874 feuille1883 mignonette1883 chartreuse1884 water-green1884 mignonette-green1888 Nile1895 serpent1895 willow1922 peppermint1930 kelly1936 1874 Chem. News 24 July 42/2 This number contains receipts..for a pale reseda. 1883 Contemp. Rev. Sept. 424 Réséda,..a pretty pale green which came in some seven years ago.., the soft tint of mignonette. 1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 28 Feb. 4/1 Réséda has been all the rage this season, and réséda it was in the streets till you got quite..tired of seeing it. 1948 B. Rackham tr. O. Fischel Raphael I. iv. 29 A chord of three ethereal notes weaves itself above the favoured earth, which floats under a whitish haze in terracotta and reseda. 1968 E. Brill Old Cotswold v. 85 Its tall spires can sometimes be seen on the banks of newly-widened roads, the pale reseda of its leaves conspicuous among the darker greens of coarser herbage. 1996 A. Theroux Secondary Colors 225 I once pulled a dead, dripping boy out of the water at Wright's Pond..who was precisely that color, a sort of reseda. B. adj. Of the colour reseda. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [adjective] > light green beryl1594 spring green1735 water-green1757 berylline1847 chlorinea1849 peppermint1868 reseda1873 absinthe1963 lily-green1965 pepperminty1981 1873 Young Englishwoman Apr. 182/2 A dress of réséda grosgrain silk. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 8 Apr. 4/2 A réséda skirt. 1927 F. B. Young Portrait of Clare 25 She forced herself to dwell upon the vision of the reseda shantung dress designed by Liberty. 2008 Sunday Times (Nexis) 2 Mar. 4 The house is rescued from austerity by the invitingly comfortable sofas, the honeyed gleam of the wood floors and a confident use of colour, from the coral-red front door..to the pretty ‘reseda’ appley-minty green bedroom walls. Compounds General attributive and similative. reseda colour n. ΚΠ 1824 A. Ure tr. C. L. Berthollet & A. B. Berthollet Art of Dyeing II. 437 (heading) Réséda Colour. 1948 B. Rackham tr. O. Fischel Raphael I. vii. 107 The silver rider on the white horse against the ground of grey mingled with reseda-colour, are among the most beautiful passages in Raphael's paintings. reseda-coloured adj. ΚΠ 1873 Young Englishwoman Mar. 130/1 A costume of réséda-coloured poplinette is composed of a skirt rasterre, and a redingote tunic. 1931 Times 9 Oct. 15/5 The bride travelled in a two-piece suit of reseda-coloured crêpe flammand with a hat to match and stone-marten furs. reseda green adj. and n. ΚΠ 1902 Westm. Gaz. 23 Oct. 3/1 One sees..dark blue and reseda-green and some red frocks and costumes. 1953 Times 2 June 9/2 The calyx is embroidered in reseda green silk, silver thread, and diamond dewdrops. 1994 E. Weber Hollow Years vii. 192 Fastidious entraîneurs, finding British scout uniforms ‘too untidy’ and their scarves vulgar, replaced them with a military-style uniform of reseda green color, a tie, and a hat with brim raised à la française. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1752
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