sky-colouredsky-coloredadj.

Brit.

/ˈskʌɪˌkʌləd/, U.S.

/ˈskaɪˌkələrd/

Forms: see sky n.¹ and coloured adj. and n.

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

Etymology: < sky n.¹ + coloured adj., after sky colour n.

Of the colour of a clear daytime sky; azure; light blue; = sky colour adj.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > [adjective] > sky blue

azured1490

azure?a1513

sky-coloured1567

ceruleous?1578

sky colour1581

cerule1591

sky-like1594

ceruleal1634

azurne1637

cerulous1651

lazure1671

cerulean1677

sky blue1703

skyey1816

azure-blue1859

cerulescent1880

azurean1882

1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 18^v The Sapphir is Skie coloured or blew.

1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iv. xxxvi. 160^v The tulbant of the merchant must be skie coloured [Fr. de couleur celeste].

1614 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Bethulians Rescue iv, in Parl. Vertues Royal 143 Her Robe, Sky-colour'd Silk, with curious Caule Of golden Twist.

1668 H. More Divine Dialogues iii. xxviii. 487 The Figure thereof was..drawn with Lines of a Sky-coloured blew.

1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum at Hyacinthus Botroides flore albo The white Grape Flower hath its green Leaves a little whiter than the blue or Sky-coloured Sort.

1769 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 7) II. 189 They wore a Sky-coloured Habit after the Manner of the Hermits.

1827 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom V. 214 The Sky-coloured Rat of Pennant.

1851 Christian Observer (Philadelphia) 11 Oct. 162/7 At this point the sky colored waters of the serpentine Minnesota, mingle with those of the Mississippi.

1902 E. Singleton Social N.Y. under Georges v. iv. 233 Black, white, drab, green, crimson and sky-coloured satin.

1942 C. Barrett Austral. Wild Flower Bk. 14 Dampiera, an Australian genus of many species, one of the prettiest being the blue Dampiera with sky-coloured, yellow-eyed flowers.

2015 Evening Standard (Nexis) 22 Oct. 65 This glamorous blue sky-coloured drink..is just what a Bond femme fatale should be sipping.

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

单词	sky-coloured
释义	sky-colouredsky-coloredadj. Brit. /ˈskʌɪˌkʌləd/, U.S. /ˈskaɪˌkələrd/ Forms: see sky n.¹ and coloured adj. and n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: sky n.¹, coloured adj. Etymology: < sky n.¹ + coloured adj., after sky colour n. Of the colour of a clear daytime sky; azure; light blue; = sky colour adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > [adjective] > sky blue azured1490 azure?a1513 sky-coloured1567 ceruleous?1578 sky colour1581 cerule1591 sky-like1594 ceruleal1634 azurne1637 cerulous1651 lazure1671 cerulean1677 sky blue1703 skyey1816 azure-blue1859 cerulescent1880 azurean1882 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 18^v The Sapphir is Skie coloured or blew. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iv. xxxvi. 160^v The tulbant of the merchant must be skie coloured [Fr. de couleur celeste]. 1614 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Bethulians Rescue iv, in Parl. Vertues Royal 143 Her Robe, Sky-colour'd Silk, with curious Caule Of golden Twist. 1668 H. More Divine Dialogues iii. xxviii. 487 The Figure thereof was..drawn with Lines of a Sky-coloured blew. 1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum at Hyacinthus Botroides flore albo The white Grape Flower hath its green Leaves a little whiter than the blue or Sky-coloured Sort. 1769 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 7) II. 189 They wore a Sky-coloured Habit after the Manner of the Hermits. 1827 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom V. 214 The Sky-coloured Rat of Pennant. 1851 Christian Observer (Philadelphia) 11 Oct. 162/7 At this point the sky colored waters of the serpentine Minnesota, mingle with those of the Mississippi. 1902 E. Singleton Social N.Y. under Georges v. iv. 233 Black, white, drab, green, crimson and sky-coloured satin. 1942 C. Barrett Austral. Wild Flower Bk. 14 Dampiera, an Australian genus of many species, one of the prettiest being the blue Dampiera with sky-coloured, yellow-eyed flowers. 2015 Evening Standard (Nexis) 22 Oct. 65 This glamorous blue sky-coloured drink..is just what a Bond femme fatale should be sipping. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1567
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