brunetten.adj.

Brit.

/bruːˈnɛt/,

/brʊˈnɛt/, U.S.

/bruˈnɛt/

Forms: 1700s brounetto, 1700s–1900s brunett, 1700s– brunette (chiefly denoting or designating a woman, after French feminine form).

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French brunette.

Etymology: < French brunette (noun) girl or woman having a dark complexion or (now especially) brown hair, (adjective) (of a girl or woman) having a dark complexion or (now especially) brown hair (both 12th cent. in Old French as brunete ), feminine form corresponding to brunet brunet adj. Compare German Brünette (denoting a girl or woman), brünett (designating a girl or woman), both mid 17th cent. Compare earlier brownetta n., brunet n.For the division of material between this entry and brunet n. and adj., see note at the latter. Instances of brunette denoting or designating boys or men with a dark complexion or brown hair reflect application of the French feminine noun and adjective to males. Sense A. 3 appears to reflect a semantic development within English; French brunette does not appear to be attested in this sense until later (end of the 19th cent.).

A. n.

1. A girl or woman having a dark complexion or (now esp.) brown hair. Also occasionally with reference to a boy or man.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > hair > colour of hair > [noun] > woman having dark

brownetta1582

morena1662

brunette1709

brune1828

the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > darkness > [noun] > person

brownetta1582

ouzel1600

tawny1660

brunet1671

brunette1709

brune1828

1709 J. Lawson New Voy. Carolina 29 The Women here being as handsome as most I have met withal, being several fine-finger'd Brounetto's amongst them.

1712 J. Henley in Spectator No. 396. ⁋2 You will excuse a remark which this gentleman's passion for the Brunette has suggested to a brother theorist.

1713 J. Addison in Guardian 16 July 2/1 Your Fair Women..thought of this Fashion to insult the Olives and the Brunetts.

1796 J. Owen Trav. Europe II. 438 My landlady..is a very pretty brunette.

1840 R. H. Barham Ghost in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 12 Whether the ladies there are short or tall, Brunettes or blondes.

1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. v. 96 His mother, a beautiful aged brunette.

1915 J. London Star Rover 173 A cold-blooded, chilly-poised, dark brunette of a Dutchman.

1965 T. Wolfe Kandy-kolored Tangerine-flake Streamline Baby (1966) i. 9 A pregnant brunette walks in off the street wearing black shorts.

2014 J. Charbonneau Independent Study ii. 25 A willowy brunette with waist-length hair.

2. Originally: a (light) brown skin colour (now rare). Now chiefly: a brown hair colour.

ΚΠ

1724 Characters at Hot-well Bristol & Bath 71 Flavia and Celia..are Each of a Complexion, which I shall take the Liberty of terming, a pale Brunette.

1744 M. Collyer Felicia to Charlotte iii. 22 His hair (for he is so unpolite as not to wear a wig) is of a dark brunette.

1815 ‘J. Mathers’ Hist. Mr. John Decastro & Brother Bat I. 180 Her complexion..cleared up into a fine brunette.

1869 R. M. Ballantyne Cannibal Islands vii. 64 Their complexion was a kind of clear olive or brunette, and the skin of the women was smooth and soft.

1929 H. T. Lowe-Porter tr. F. Thiess Farewell to Paradise ii. 41 Which do you like better, blond or brunette? Or black?

1971 tr. C. Baudelaire in J. Alexander Affidavits of Genius 111 His complexion was a light brunette.

2004 New Woman May 15 (advt.) Illuminate your full range of brunette—Hazelnut to Chestnut, Chocolate to Espresso.

3. A variety of the satinette pigeon in which the patterning of the plumage is predominantly light brown.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > domestic pigeon > [noun] > satinette

satinette1866

brunette1867

1867 Jrnl. Hort., Cottage Gardener, & Country Gentleman 28 Nov. 414/1 First, Second, and Extra Third, H. Noyé (Satinette, Brunette, and Satinette Tail Owl).

1879 L. Wright Pract. Pigeon Keeper 174 Brunettes are lighter Satinettes.

1891 R. Woods Pract. Guide Pigeon-culture xvi. 138 Brunettes, Bluettes and Silverettes are essentially sub-varieties of the Satinette, differing only in colour and markings.

1958 C. A. Naether Bk. of Pigeon (ed. 4) v. 98 The Brunette's tail should be silver, the ground color of its shoulders a silvery dun tint.

2011 Gold Coast Bull. (Austral.) (Nexis) 10 Dec. (Paradise section) 14 The oriental frill satinette pigeon..comes in a wide variety of colours, including white, blonde, blue and brunette.

B. adj.

1. Of a girl or woman: dark-complexioned or (now esp.) brown-haired. Also occasionally of a boy or man.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > darkness > [adjective]

blackeOE

browned-black?c1510

dark?1537

black-faced1581

adust?1586

black-visaged1602

mulatto1622

kettle-faced1680

black-favoured1681

black-a-top1685

brown-complexioned1704

blackavised1721

brunette1724

brune1747

dark-skinned1750

black-looking1753

melanic1826

melanous1836

brunet1840

copper-skinned1873

brown-skinned1904

brown-

the world > life > the body > hair > colour of hair > [adjective] > having dark hair

blackeOE

black-hairedc1540

brown-haired1686

dark-haired1697

brunette1724

brune1747

raven-haired1778

melanocomous1836

night-haired1839

the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adjective] > relating to tone > of dark variety or complexion

swarta1395

black-browed1590

swarfy1602

swarthy1602

swarf1619

swartish1630

swarthish1653

swarfish1671

brunette1724

dusky1827

brunet1840

1724 Characters at Hot-well Bristol & Bath 60 In a happy middle-siz'd Brunette Person you enjoy the respective Advantages of both the fine and pretty Woman.

1752 ‘H. Beaumont’ Crito 11 Raphael's most charming Madonna is a brunette Beauty.

1850 C. Lever Roland Cashel xi. 91 Is there any peculiar style of lady—tall, short, brunette, or fair, dark-eyed, or blue-eyed, or what, in short, is the person I must marry if I would avoid transgressing any of these formidable rules?

1881 G. Allen Anglo-Saxon Brit. vii. 56 The nation which resulted..being sometimes blonde, sometimes brunette.

1916 Lantern May 36 Quite possibly he [sc. the red-head] comes into the world a disappointment to his parents who dreamed of a blonde girl baby or a brunette boy.

1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Feb. 1/8 The brunette telephone operator was still anonymously answering calls with a friendly: ‘May I help you’.

2006 Time Out N.Y. 25 May 173/2 A Wilhelmina model in the '70s, the brunette beauty segued to performing in the '80s.

a. Of complexion: (light) brown. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1724 Characters at Hot-well Bristol & Bath 74 Their Ladyships are Both tall, of the finest Shape, and of a Brunette Complexion.

1787 Blenheim Lodge I. xi. 177 Her complexion is brunette; and no velvet was ever softer than her skin.

1839 Knickerbocker Mar. 203 Ye gods! how brilliant are they, with a brunette cheek, ruby lips, and pearly teeth!

1861 R. T. Hulme tr. C. H. Moquin-Tandon Elements Med. Zool. i. v. 32 The Indian Stock..skin brunette rather than black.

1912 Illustr. London News 6 Apr. 514/1 Brown hair and eyes and a brunette skin should avoid the lighter tones of blue and of green.

1968 J. Updike Couples iii. 213 Freckles small as flyspecks had come to her nose this summer, though they had thought she had inherited her mother's oily brunette skin.

2008 V. L. McGee Selma ii. xi. 172 For a moment Augusta studied Sam's clear, creamy brunette complexion.

b. Of hair: dark brown.

ΚΠ

1863 N. Amer. Jrnl. Homœopathy 11 575 The highest degree of receptivity is found in individuals with a delicate white skin, reddish brunette hair, melancholic temperament, and in ladies with a tendency to obesity.

1896 Overland Monthly Feb. 161/1 She has a wonderful personality, a strongly marked and homely face framed in brunette locks that might grace an old miniature.

1937 Life 22 Feb. 67/1 The championship crown rested on the brunette curls of Miss Mildred Burke.

1990 Vogue Sept. 98/2 (advt.) Her pert, brunette crop gets extra lift and volume with High Hair High Control Gel.

2010 Wedding Ideas Nov. 112/3 Brunette hair can show off sparkling pins and grips more easily than lighter shades.

Derivatives

bruˈnetteness n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > hair > colour of hair > [noun] > woman having dark > quality of being

brunetteness1839

1839 J. Mitchell in Fraser's Mag. Jan. 75/1 Praising..the pretty brunetteness of a young lily-forced thing.

1892 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Sentinel 9 Apr. 8/2 It doesn't matter so much about the blondeness or brunetteness of your complexion.

1919 Med. Rec. 23 Aug. 320/1 Quite a study of the question of the varying degrees of blondness and brunetteness in the individual.

2010 C. Regester Afr. Amer. Actresses ix. 318 Arguably, because ‘blondeness’ is more closely associated with whiteness than ‘brunetteness’, the blonde white woman is the epitome of whiteness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	brunette
释义	brunetten.adj. Brit. /bruːˈnɛt/, /brʊˈnɛt/, U.S. /bruˈnɛt/ Forms: 1700s brounetto, 1700s–1900s brunett, 1700s– brunette (chiefly denoting or designating a woman, after French feminine form). Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French brunette. Etymology: < French brunette (noun) girl or woman having a dark complexion or (now especially) brown hair, (adjective) (of a girl or woman) having a dark complexion or (now especially) brown hair (both 12th cent. in Old French as brunete ), feminine form corresponding to brunet brunet adj. Compare German Brünette (denoting a girl or woman), brünett (designating a girl or woman), both mid 17th cent. Compare earlier brownetta n., brunet n.For the division of material between this entry and brunet n. and adj., see note at the latter. Instances of brunette denoting or designating boys or men with a dark complexion or brown hair reflect application of the French feminine noun and adjective to males. Sense A. 3 appears to reflect a semantic development within English; French brunette does not appear to be attested in this sense until later (end of the 19th cent.). A. n. 1. A girl or woman having a dark complexion or (now esp.) brown hair. Also occasionally with reference to a boy or man. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > colour of hair > [noun] > woman having dark brownetta1582 morena1662 brunette1709 brune1828 the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > darkness > [noun] > person brownetta1582 ouzel1600 tawny1660 brunet1671 brunette1709 brune1828 1709 J. Lawson New Voy. Carolina 29 The Women here being as handsome as most I have met withal, being several fine-finger'd Brounetto's amongst them. 1712 J. Henley in Spectator No. 396. ⁋2 You will excuse a remark which this gentleman's passion for the Brunette has suggested to a brother theorist. 1713 J. Addison in Guardian 16 July 2/1 Your Fair Women..thought of this Fashion to insult the Olives and the Brunetts. 1796 J. Owen Trav. Europe II. 438 My landlady..is a very pretty brunette. 1840 R. H. Barham Ghost in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 12 Whether the ladies there are short or tall, Brunettes or blondes. 1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. v. 96 His mother, a beautiful aged brunette. 1915 J. London Star Rover 173 A cold-blooded, chilly-poised, dark brunette of a Dutchman. 1965 T. Wolfe Kandy-kolored Tangerine-flake Streamline Baby (1966) i. 9 A pregnant brunette walks in off the street wearing black shorts. 2014 J. Charbonneau Independent Study ii. 25 A willowy brunette with waist-length hair. 2. Originally: a (light) brown skin colour (now rare). Now chiefly: a brown hair colour. ΚΠ 1724 Characters at Hot-well Bristol & Bath 71 Flavia and Celia..are Each of a Complexion, which I shall take the Liberty of terming, a pale Brunette. 1744 M. Collyer Felicia to Charlotte iii. 22 His hair (for he is so unpolite as not to wear a wig) is of a dark brunette. 1815 ‘J. Mathers’ Hist. Mr. John Decastro & Brother Bat I. 180 Her complexion..cleared up into a fine brunette. 1869 R. M. Ballantyne Cannibal Islands vii. 64 Their complexion was a kind of clear olive or brunette, and the skin of the women was smooth and soft. 1929 H. T. Lowe-Porter tr. F. Thiess Farewell to Paradise ii. 41 Which do you like better, blond or brunette? Or black? 1971 tr. C. Baudelaire in J. Alexander Affidavits of Genius 111 His complexion was a light brunette. 2004 New Woman May 15 (advt.) Illuminate your full range of brunette—Hazelnut to Chestnut, Chocolate to Espresso. 3. A variety of the satinette pigeon in which the patterning of the plumage is predominantly light brown. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > domestic pigeon > [noun] > satinette satinette1866 brunette1867 1867 Jrnl. Hort., Cottage Gardener, & Country Gentleman 28 Nov. 414/1 First, Second, and Extra Third, H. Noyé (Satinette, Brunette, and Satinette Tail Owl). 1879 L. Wright Pract. Pigeon Keeper 174 Brunettes are lighter Satinettes. 1891 R. Woods Pract. Guide Pigeon-culture xvi. 138 Brunettes, Bluettes and Silverettes are essentially sub-varieties of the Satinette, differing only in colour and markings. 1958 C. A. Naether Bk. of Pigeon (ed. 4) v. 98 The Brunette's tail should be silver, the ground color of its shoulders a silvery dun tint. 2011 Gold Coast Bull. (Austral.) (Nexis) 10 Dec. (Paradise section) 14 The oriental frill satinette pigeon..comes in a wide variety of colours, including white, blonde, blue and brunette. B. adj. 1. Of a girl or woman: dark-complexioned or (now esp.) brown-haired. Also occasionally of a boy or man. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > darkness > [adjective] blackeOE browned-black?c1510 dark?1537 black-faced1581 adust?1586 black-visaged1602 mulatto1622 kettle-faced1680 black-favoured1681 black-a-top1685 brown-complexioned1704 blackavised1721 brunette1724 brune1747 dark-skinned1750 black-looking1753 melanic1826 melanous1836 brunet1840 copper-skinned1873 brown-skinned1904 brown- the world > life > the body > hair > colour of hair > [adjective] > having dark hair blackeOE black-hairedc1540 brown-haired1686 dark-haired1697 brunette1724 brune1747 raven-haired1778 melanocomous1836 night-haired1839 the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adjective] > relating to tone > of dark variety or complexion swarta1395 black-browed1590 swarfy1602 swarthy1602 swarf1619 swartish1630 swarthish1653 swarfish1671 brunette1724 dusky1827 brunet1840 1724 Characters at Hot-well Bristol & Bath 60 In a happy middle-siz'd Brunette Person you enjoy the respective Advantages of both the fine and pretty Woman. 1752 ‘H. Beaumont’ Crito 11 Raphael's most charming Madonna is a brunette Beauty. 1850 C. Lever Roland Cashel xi. 91 Is there any peculiar style of lady—tall, short, brunette, or fair, dark-eyed, or blue-eyed, or what, in short, is the person I must marry if I would avoid transgressing any of these formidable rules? 1881 G. Allen Anglo-Saxon Brit. vii. 56 The nation which resulted..being sometimes blonde, sometimes brunette. 1916 Lantern May 36 Quite possibly he [sc. the red-head] comes into the world a disappointment to his parents who dreamed of a blonde girl baby or a brunette boy. 1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Feb. 1/8 The brunette telephone operator was still anonymously answering calls with a friendly: ‘May I help you’. 2006 Time Out N.Y. 25 May 173/2 A Wilhelmina model in the '70s, the brunette beauty segued to performing in the '80s. 2. a. Of complexion: (light) brown. Now rare. ΚΠ 1724 Characters at Hot-well Bristol & Bath 74 Their Ladyships are Both tall, of the finest Shape, and of a Brunette Complexion. 1787 Blenheim Lodge I. xi. 177 Her complexion is brunette; and no velvet was ever softer than her skin. 1839 Knickerbocker Mar. 203 Ye gods! how brilliant are they, with a brunette cheek, ruby lips, and pearly teeth! 1861 R. T. Hulme tr. C. H. Moquin-Tandon Elements Med. Zool. i. v. 32 The Indian Stock..skin brunette rather than black. 1912 Illustr. London News 6 Apr. 514/1 Brown hair and eyes and a brunette skin should avoid the lighter tones of blue and of green. 1968 J. Updike Couples iii. 213 Freckles small as flyspecks had come to her nose this summer, though they had thought she had inherited her mother's oily brunette skin. 2008 V. L. McGee Selma ii. xi. 172 For a moment Augusta studied Sam's clear, creamy brunette complexion. b. Of hair: dark brown. ΚΠ 1863 N. Amer. Jrnl. Homœopathy 11 575 The highest degree of receptivity is found in individuals with a delicate white skin, reddish brunette hair, melancholic temperament, and in ladies with a tendency to obesity. 1896 Overland Monthly Feb. 161/1 She has a wonderful personality, a strongly marked and homely face framed in brunette locks that might grace an old miniature. 1937 Life 22 Feb. 67/1 The championship crown rested on the brunette curls of Miss Mildred Burke. 1990 Vogue Sept. 98/2 (advt.) Her pert, brunette crop gets extra lift and volume with High Hair High Control Gel. 2010 Wedding Ideas Nov. 112/3 Brunette hair can show off sparkling pins and grips more easily than lighter shades. Derivatives bruˈnetteness n. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > colour of hair > [noun] > woman having dark > quality of being brunetteness1839 1839 J. Mitchell in Fraser's Mag. Jan. 75/1 Praising..the pretty brunetteness of a young lily-forced thing. 1892 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Sentinel 9 Apr. 8/2 It doesn't matter so much about the blondeness or brunetteness of your complexion. 1919 Med. Rec. 23 Aug. 320/1 Quite a study of the question of the varying degrees of blondness and brunetteness in the individual. 2010 C. Regester Afr. Amer. Actresses ix. 318 Arguably, because ‘blondeness’ is more closely associated with whiteness than ‘brunetteness’, the blonde white woman is the epitome of whiteness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1709
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