rosso anticon.adj.

Brit.

/ˈrɒsəʊ ˈantɪkəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈrɔsoʊ ˈæn(t)ɪkoʊ/

Forms: also with capital initials.

Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian rosso antico.

Etymology: < Italian rosso antico, literally ‘ancient red’ (early 18th cent. or earlier) < rosso red ( < classical Latin russus : see rouse adj.) + antico old, ancient (see antic adj.).

1. A rich red marble found chiefly in Italy.

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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > marble > red

rosso antico1730

pavonazzetto1793

pavonazzo1816

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > metamorphic rock > [noun] > marble > others

Florentine marble1706

Carraraa1728

rosso antico1730

giallo antico1741

campan1794

dolomite1794

ruin marble1798

turquin1811

picrite1814

landscape marble1816

snow1848

Irish green1850

palombino1859

Tennessee marble1875

corallite1883

stalagmite marble1895

Piastraccia1909

1730 E. Wright Some Observ. France, Italy, &c. I. 217 'Tis a pierc'd Chair of Rosso Antico.

1776 T. Fisher Kentish Traveller's Compan. vi. 131 Two termini, one Æsculapius, the other a Faun; the heads of rosso antico, and the pedestals of lava.

1798 J. Clark Inventory in I. Jenkins & K. Sloan Vases & Volcanoes (1996) 161/2 A small antique head in black marble resembling Cicero, with a modern bust of Rosso Antico attached to it.

1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. I. iii. iv. 552 The materials of many of the ornamental articles manufactured in Italy are the substances called rosso, giallo, and verde antico.

1882 Athenæum 30 Dec. 906/1 The material altogether Tuscan, the white marble having been brought from Serravezza, the red (like a fine rosso antico) from the neighbourhood of Siena.

1929 G. P. Merrill Minerals from Earth & Sky ii. iv. 286 The so-called porphyries, like the rosso antico of Egypt, are prominently developed in many parts of the country.

1969 Listener 16 Jan. 79/1 Of marbles I have found cipollino, pavonazzetto, giallo and rosso antico, but no harder materials such as porphyry or serpentine.

1994 R. Davies Cunning Man 346 A big job, the background of which is black Belgian marble on which the face is to be mounted in a palish rosso antico and bordered with high-relief flowers in white or yellowish.

2. Josiah Wedgwood's name for: the red stoneware produced at Wedgwood's Staffordshire factories. Also attributive.

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [noun] > English pottery > by Wedgwood > types of

queen's ware1767

Etruscan1768

pebble1768

rosso antico1776

1776 J. Wedgwood Let. 3 Mar. (1903) II. 163 I am afraid we shall never be able to make the Rosso Antico otherwise than to put you in mind of a red-Pot-Teapot.

1875 E. Meteyard Wedgwood Handbk. 28 Some of Wedgwood's earliest portrait medallions and bas-reliefs were in rosso antico, but the results were not satisfactory.

1907 in E. Deane Collector III. i. 122/2 In fact, barring the jasper, mortar materials, and, perhaps, the Rosso-Antico of Wedgwood, we have nearly all the others or their equivalents made at Swansea.

1976 Times 7 Dec. 16/3 The same American bidder paid £1,000..for a Wedgwood rosso antico pot-pourri vase of 1805.

2005 J. S. Curl Egyptian Revival (ed. 3) v. 194 Various Egyptianesque motifs in black ‘basalt’ on a rosso-antico ground.

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

单词	rosso antico
释义	rosso anticon.adj. Brit. /ˈrɒsəʊ ˈantɪkəʊ/, U.S. /ˈrɔsoʊ ˈæn(t)ɪkoʊ/ Forms: also with capital initials. Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian rosso antico. Etymology: < Italian rosso antico, literally ‘ancient red’ (early 18th cent. or earlier) < rosso red ( < classical Latin russus : see rouse adj.) + antico old, ancient (see antic adj.). 1. A rich red marble found chiefly in Italy. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > marble > red rosso antico1730 pavonazzetto1793 pavonazzo1816 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > metamorphic rock > [noun] > marble > others Florentine marble1706 Carraraa1728 rosso antico1730 giallo antico1741 campan1794 dolomite1794 ruin marble1798 turquin1811 picrite1814 landscape marble1816 snow1848 Irish green1850 palombino1859 Tennessee marble1875 corallite1883 stalagmite marble1895 Piastraccia1909 1730 E. Wright Some Observ. France, Italy, &c. I. 217 'Tis a pierc'd Chair of Rosso Antico. 1776 T. Fisher Kentish Traveller's Compan. vi. 131 Two termini, one Æsculapius, the other a Faun; the heads of rosso antico, and the pedestals of lava. 1798 J. Clark Inventory in I. Jenkins & K. Sloan Vases & Volcanoes (1996) 161/2 A small antique head in black marble resembling Cicero, with a modern bust of Rosso Antico attached to it. 1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. I. iii. iv. 552 The materials of many of the ornamental articles manufactured in Italy are the substances called rosso, giallo, and verde antico. 1882 Athenæum 30 Dec. 906/1 The material altogether Tuscan, the white marble having been brought from Serravezza, the red (like a fine rosso antico) from the neighbourhood of Siena. 1929 G. P. Merrill Minerals from Earth & Sky ii. iv. 286 The so-called porphyries, like the rosso antico of Egypt, are prominently developed in many parts of the country. 1969 Listener 16 Jan. 79/1 Of marbles I have found cipollino, pavonazzetto, giallo and rosso antico, but no harder materials such as porphyry or serpentine. 1994 R. Davies Cunning Man 346 A big job, the background of which is black Belgian marble on which the face is to be mounted in a palish rosso antico and bordered with high-relief flowers in white or yellowish. 2. Josiah Wedgwood's name for: the red stoneware produced at Wedgwood's Staffordshire factories. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [noun] > English pottery > by Wedgwood > types of queen's ware1767 Etruscan1768 pebble1768 rosso antico1776 1776 J. Wedgwood Let. 3 Mar. (1903) II. 163 I am afraid we shall never be able to make the Rosso Antico otherwise than to put you in mind of a red-Pot-Teapot. 1875 E. Meteyard Wedgwood Handbk. 28 Some of Wedgwood's earliest portrait medallions and bas-reliefs were in rosso antico, but the results were not satisfactory. 1907 in E. Deane Collector III. i. 122/2 In fact, barring the jasper, mortar materials, and, perhaps, the Rosso-Antico of Wedgwood, we have nearly all the others or their equivalents made at Swansea. 1976 Times 7 Dec. 16/3 The same American bidder paid £1,000..for a Wedgwood rosso antico pot-pourri vase of 1805. 2005 J. S. Curl Egyptian Revival (ed. 3) v. 194 Various Egyptianesque motifs in black ‘basalt’ on a rosso-antico ground. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1730
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