单词 | russetish |
释义 | russetishadj. Now rare. Of a somewhat russet colour. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [adjective] > reddish brown russet1428 reddish-brown1530 sorrel1534 berry-brown1575 sored1587 russetish1600 Chelidonian1601 weaselled-coloured1607 deer-coloured1611 spadiceous1646 russeted1654 testaceous1688 russety1697 mahoganya1744 red-brown1786 reddy-brown1845 fusco-testaceous1847 mahogany-brown1881 persimmon1897 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique ii. xxiii. 230 White ones [sc. onions] are a great deale better then those of a russettish or reddish colour [Fr. les roussastres ou rougeastres]. 1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole xix. 172 This Persian Flowerdeluce..is of a pale blew russetish colour. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. v. 83/2 The flowers are of a russetish purple colour, divided into many clusters. 1747 Bradley's Dict. Plants II. sig. G6/2 A great long Bunch of Flowers, as big as an Ostrich's Egg, of a russetish purple Colour. 1858 W. A. Nicholls Nat. Drawing Master (ed. 2) 77 The following mixtures either produce often required citronish hues..; or else russetish, that is, more reddish, yellowish, or brownish. 1970 tr. G. P. Dement′ev Birds Soviet Union IV. 68 Crop russettish ocher with sparse dark bars. 2008 T. Scully tr. B. Scappi Opera iii. 322 A salmon carp is a little whiter and has a few russettish speckles on its body. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1600 |
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