sky lanternn.

Brit.

/ˈskʌɪ ˌlantən/, U.S.

/ˈskaɪ ˌlæn(t)ərn/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: sky n.¹, lantern n.

Etymology: < sky n.¹ + lantern n.In sense 3 perhaps after Chinese tiāndēnɡ , although this has only recently been attested in this sense and more usually denotes a lantern placed on a high pole for various purposes (mid 17th cent. or earlier; < tiān sky, heaven (see tian n.¹) + dēnɡ light, lamp). The traditional Chinese word for a paper lantern rising into the air is Kǒnɡmínɡ dēng, so called with reference to the 3rd cent. statesman Kongming (Zhuge Liang), who is credited with its invention.

1. A window or similar opening set into a roof or ceiling to admit light, or as a means of ventilation. Cf. lantern n. 4, skylight n. 3a. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > types of window > [noun] > louvre or lantern

louvre1367

lanternc1406

lantern-light1823

sky lantern1860

lantern roof1882

1860 N.Y. Herald 18 June 8/2 In the galleries [sc. of the United States Senate and House chambers].., the great flat sky lantern..sends down a beautiful light.

1865 Temple Bar Aug. 89 A room at the house-top..had no light by day save from a sky-lantern.

1952 ‘J. M. Calder’ tr. F.-P. Verrié Anc. Barcelona 18/2 in F.-P. Verrié Barcelona Antigua The main part was started in 1596 and completed in 1617, the date engraved on the socle of the sky lantern [Sp. cupulino].

1966 W. Dupouy tr. in R. K. Porter Caracas Diary 1825–42 ix. 799/1 The sky-lantern of the cathedral's tower has fallen down.

2. Chiefly literary and poetic. A source of light in the sky; spec. the moon, sun, or (in plural) stars. Now somewhat rare.

ΚΠ

1866 Harper's New Monthly Mag. Mar. 510/2 I kept him a little in front of me.., as sedulously as the help of an occasional sky-lantern offered by the lightning enabled me.

1898 Crampton's Mag. Dec. 468 The wondrous sky-lanterns come out silently, two by two.

1932 Los Angeles Times 25 Sept. (Rotogravure section) 2 (caption) Total eclipse of the sun, taken..as the moon comes over the mountain to blot out the great sky lantern.

1976 R. A. Lupoff Sword of Demon xi. 107 The hard brilliance of starlight, the gentler radiance of the moon..is scattered.., turning the faint white light of the distant sky-lanterns into..red, purple, blue, green-yellow.

1979 War Monthly Oct. 28/2 Bismarck was illuminated every few minutes by..our star shell! I remember going on the upper deck to see the sea and the Bismarck lit up by one of these lovely sky lanterns.

3. A lantern designed to float up into the air when lit, typically consisting of a rice paper shell over a bamboo or wire frame, illuminated by a small candle or other naked flame at its open base which also causes the lantern to rise by heating the air inside the shell.

ΚΠ

1989 Guang Hua Apr. 105 We've been sending up sky lanterns here at the Yuan Hsiao Festival for more than a hundred years at the least.

1994 South China Morning Post 30 May 7/2 A number of traditional Taiwanese ‘sky lanterns’ (paper hot air balloons) bearing wishes for a non-nuclear Taiwan..were set aloft.

2011 Daily Tel. 31 Jan. 12/1 Revellers are being urged not to release sky lanterns during Chinese New Year celebrations this week as figures show that firemen are called out once a week to put them out.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sky lantern
释义	sky lanternn. Brit. /ˈskʌɪ ˌlantən/, U.S. /ˈskaɪ ˌlæn(t)ərn/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: sky n.¹, lantern n. Etymology: < sky n.¹ + lantern n.In sense 3 perhaps after Chinese tiāndēnɡ , although this has only recently been attested in this sense and more usually denotes a lantern placed on a high pole for various purposes (mid 17th cent. or earlier; < tiān sky, heaven (see tian n.¹) + dēnɡ light, lamp). The traditional Chinese word for a paper lantern rising into the air is Kǒnɡmínɡ dēng, so called with reference to the 3rd cent. statesman Kongming (Zhuge Liang), who is credited with its invention. 1. A window or similar opening set into a roof or ceiling to admit light, or as a means of ventilation. Cf. lantern n. 4, skylight n. 3a. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > types of window > [noun] > louvre or lantern louvre1367 lanternc1406 lantern-light1823 sky lantern1860 lantern roof1882 1860 N.Y. Herald 18 June 8/2 In the galleries [sc. of the United States Senate and House chambers].., the great flat sky lantern..sends down a beautiful light. 1865 Temple Bar Aug. 89 A room at the house-top..had no light by day save from a sky-lantern. 1952 ‘J. M. Calder’ tr. F.-P. Verrié Anc. Barcelona 18/2 in F.-P. Verrié Barcelona Antigua The main part was started in 1596 and completed in 1617, the date engraved on the socle of the sky lantern [Sp. cupulino]. 1966 W. Dupouy tr. in R. K. Porter Caracas Diary 1825–42 ix. 799/1 The sky-lantern of the cathedral's tower has fallen down. 2. Chiefly literary and poetic. A source of light in the sky; spec. the moon, sun, or (in plural) stars. Now somewhat rare. ΚΠ 1866 Harper's New Monthly Mag. Mar. 510/2 I kept him a little in front of me.., as sedulously as the help of an occasional sky-lantern offered by the lightning enabled me. 1898 Crampton's Mag. Dec. 468 The wondrous sky-lanterns come out silently, two by two. 1932 Los Angeles Times 25 Sept. (Rotogravure section) 2 (caption) Total eclipse of the sun, taken..as the moon comes over the mountain to blot out the great sky lantern. 1976 R. A. Lupoff Sword of Demon xi. 107 The hard brilliance of starlight, the gentler radiance of the moon..is scattered.., turning the faint white light of the distant sky-lanterns into..red, purple, blue, green-yellow. 1979 War Monthly Oct. 28/2 Bismarck was illuminated every few minutes by..our star shell! I remember going on the upper deck to see the sea and the Bismarck lit up by one of these lovely sky lanterns. 3. A lantern designed to float up into the air when lit, typically consisting of a rice paper shell over a bamboo or wire frame, illuminated by a small candle or other naked flame at its open base which also causes the lantern to rise by heating the air inside the shell. ΚΠ 1989 Guang Hua Apr. 105 We've been sending up sky lanterns here at the Yuan Hsiao Festival for more than a hundred years at the least. 1994 South China Morning Post 30 May 7/2 A number of traditional Taiwanese ‘sky lanterns’ (paper hot air balloons) bearing wishes for a non-nuclear Taiwan..were set aloft. 2011 Daily Tel. 31 Jan. 12/1 Revellers are being urged not to release sky lanterns during Chinese New Year celebrations this week as figures show that firemen are called out once a week to put them out. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1860
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