rosellan.

Brit.

/rə(ʊ)ˈzɛlə/, U.S.

/roʊˈzɛlə/

Forms: 1800s roselle (nonstandard), 1800s– rosella.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Perhaps from a proper name. Etymons: Rosehill n., proper name Rosehill, English Rosehiller.

Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps a Latinized alteration of either Rosehill n. or the name Rosehill (see Rosehill n.), or of Rosehiller ( < the name of Rose Hill (see Rosehill n.) + -er suffix¹: see E. E. Morris Austral English (1898) at Rose-hill n.).For an alternative explanation of the word as an alteration of the female forename Rosetta (in the name of Rosetta Angas , née French (1796–1867), wife of George Angas, chairman of the South Australian Company) see J. D. Somerville ‘Rosetta or Rosella Parrots?’ in Emu 42 (1942) 13–16. In sense 2 perhaps alluding to a resemblance identified in the following:1903 Bulletin (Sydney) 10 Jan. 17/1 In Q. and N.S.W. out-back districts..the sheep grow tufts of belly-wool and so little on any other portion of their bodies that they are termed ‘rosellas’, after a parrot that fights so viciously as to be generally devoid of neck and back feathers.

1. Originally: an eastern Australian parrot, Platycercus eximius, which has a red and white head, yellow belly, bluish wings, and greenish tail (later more fully eastern rosella). Later also (usually with distinguishing word): any of several other brightly coloured Australian parrots of the genus Platycercus. Also more fully rosella parakeet, rosella parrot.There are three groups of rosella species, some of which can interbreed, and there are a number of distinctively coloured races.

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the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Psittaciformes (parrots, etc.) > [noun] > genus Platycercus (rosella)

nonpareil1794

rosella1829

twenty-eight parrakeet1848

kakariki1855

1829 Sydney Gaz. 21 July 4/1 The doleful dying quails, And roselles golden.

1838 J. Hawdon Jrnl. 15 Mar. in Journey New S. Wales to Adelaide (1952) 51 Parrots now appeared more numerous, Rosellas and others.

1847 F. W. L. Leichhardt Jrnl. Overland Exped. Austral. iii. 80 The common white cockatoo, and the Moreton Bay Rosella parrot, were very numerous.

1881 Chequered Career 167 The bright-plumaged paraquets and rosellas that are so familiar to the Australian eye.

1911 St. C. Grondona Collar & Cuffs 63 Parrots are scarce, excepting the Moreton Bay rosella.

1941 Coast to Coast 86 Thither were transferred..the assortment of rosellas and grass parrots that had in one way or another fallen into captivity.

1967 V. G. C. Norwood Long Haul 54 Murray Smokers—small, yellow rosella parrakeets—were active in the thickets.

1985 H. Maris & S. Borg Women of Sun 143 She looked like a giant rosella in her green and red frock and yellow-striped cardigan.

2003 Quilter's Newslet. Mag. July 52/1 The park is the residence of many native species of birds, such as the green, orange, and purple lorikeets and the blue and crimson rosellas.

2. Australian and New Zealand. A sheep whose wool is beginning to fall off naturally, and which is therefore easy to shear.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > defined in relation to shearing

rosella1849

woolly1910

catch1933

snob1945

1849 D. McLeod in Stephen's Adelaide Miscell. III. 81 At shearing he..pick[s] all the ‘Rosellas’ (clean-bellied sheep).

1910 C. E. W. Bean On Wool Track 193 If there is an old ewe in the pen, a ‘rosella’ as they call her, with most of the lower wool worn off, she goes the first.

1954 E. C. Studholme Te Waimate (ed. 2) i. xv. 130 An old hand..would..quickly catch and shear all the ‘rosellas’, or easily shorn sheep.

1990 J. B. D'Arcy Sheep Managem. & Wool Technol. (new ed.) 18 The modern types of merino sheep are particularly well-covered, and ‘rosellas’ and ‘barebellies’ are now very rarely seen.

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

单词	rosella
释义	rosellan. Brit. /rə(ʊ)ˈzɛlə/, U.S. /roʊˈzɛlə/ Forms: 1800s roselle (nonstandard), 1800s– rosella. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Perhaps from a proper name. Etymons: Rosehill n., proper name Rosehill, English Rosehiller. Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps a Latinized alteration of either Rosehill n. or the name Rosehill (see Rosehill n.), or of Rosehiller ( < the name of Rose Hill (see Rosehill n.) + -er suffix¹: see E. E. Morris Austral English (1898) at Rose-hill n.).For an alternative explanation of the word as an alteration of the female forename Rosetta (in the name of Rosetta Angas , née French (1796–1867), wife of George Angas, chairman of the South Australian Company) see J. D. Somerville ‘Rosetta or Rosella Parrots?’ in Emu 42 (1942) 13–16. In sense 2 perhaps alluding to a resemblance identified in the following:1903 Bulletin (Sydney) 10 Jan. 17/1 In Q. and N.S.W. out-back districts..the sheep grow tufts of belly-wool and so little on any other portion of their bodies that they are termed ‘rosellas’, after a parrot that fights so viciously as to be generally devoid of neck and back feathers. 1. Originally: an eastern Australian parrot, Platycercus eximius, which has a red and white head, yellow belly, bluish wings, and greenish tail (later more fully eastern rosella). Later also (usually with distinguishing word): any of several other brightly coloured Australian parrots of the genus Platycercus. Also more fully rosella parakeet, rosella parrot.There are three groups of rosella species, some of which can interbreed, and there are a number of distinctively coloured races. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Psittaciformes (parrots, etc.) > [noun] > genus Platycercus (rosella) nonpareil1794 rosella1829 twenty-eight parrakeet1848 kakariki1855 1829 Sydney Gaz. 21 July 4/1 The doleful dying quails, And roselles golden. 1838 J. Hawdon Jrnl. 15 Mar. in Journey New S. Wales to Adelaide (1952) 51 Parrots now appeared more numerous, Rosellas and others. 1847 F. W. L. Leichhardt Jrnl. Overland Exped. Austral. iii. 80 The common white cockatoo, and the Moreton Bay Rosella parrot, were very numerous. 1881 Chequered Career 167 The bright-plumaged paraquets and rosellas that are so familiar to the Australian eye. 1911 St. C. Grondona Collar & Cuffs 63 Parrots are scarce, excepting the Moreton Bay rosella. 1941 Coast to Coast 86 Thither were transferred..the assortment of rosellas and grass parrots that had in one way or another fallen into captivity. 1967 V. G. C. Norwood Long Haul 54 Murray Smokers—small, yellow rosella parrakeets—were active in the thickets. 1985 H. Maris & S. Borg Women of Sun 143 She looked like a giant rosella in her green and red frock and yellow-striped cardigan. 2003 Quilter's Newslet. Mag. July 52/1 The park is the residence of many native species of birds, such as the green, orange, and purple lorikeets and the blue and crimson rosellas. 2. Australian and New Zealand. A sheep whose wool is beginning to fall off naturally, and which is therefore easy to shear. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > defined in relation to shearing rosella1849 woolly1910 catch1933 snob1945 1849 D. McLeod in Stephen's Adelaide Miscell. III. 81 At shearing he..pick[s] all the ‘Rosellas’ (clean-bellied sheep). 1910 C. E. W. Bean On Wool Track 193 If there is an old ewe in the pen, a ‘rosella’ as they call her, with most of the lower wool worn off, she goes the first. 1954 E. C. Studholme Te Waimate (ed. 2) i. xv. 130 An old hand..would..quickly catch and shear all the ‘rosellas’, or easily shorn sheep. 1990 J. B. D'Arcy Sheep Managem. & Wool Technol. (new ed.) 18 The modern types of merino sheep are particularly well-covered, and ‘rosellas’ and ‘barebellies’ are now very rarely seen. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1829
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