whitenedadj.
/ˈwʌɪtnd/, U.S. /ˈ(h)waɪtnd/ Made white (in various senses).With the use in quots. 1574 and 1676 cf. sepulchre n. 1b.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > whitening > [adjective] > covered or coated with white
whitedOE
whitened1574
sugar-candied1592
candied1600
surpliced1845
besnowed1849
1574 tr. P. Ramus Logike 47 Ye are lyke vnto whytned tumbes which appeare beautifull outward, but are within full of dead mens bones.
1676 tr. H. C. Agrippa Vanity Arts & Sci. lxi. 179 Blinde Guides, false and treacherous, a Generation of Vipers, whitened Sepulchres.
a1711 T. Ken Wks. (1721) I. 4 Patin and Chalice were of whit'ned Clay.
1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Sallet Slices of the whitened stems which being crimp and short are eaten with oil, vinegar, salt, and pepper.
1860 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. V. xxiv. 37 The sunlight stared in white and stainless upon the whitened aisles.
1875 Overland Monthly Oct. 362 But then by what clever device does she escape with whitened character?
1881 R. Jefferies Wood Magic II. iv. 99 In his rage and fear, with whitened face.
1902 H. H. Johnston Uganda Protectorate I. 23 Even the camels have died of the drought, and strew the country with their whitened bones.
1966 Keystone Folklore Q. 11 30 A spry old man with alert blue eyes and whitened hair.
1987 Lat. Amer. Res. Rev. 22 162 Denying one's own race in favor of an alienated, ‘whitened’ identity.
2010 P. Grossman Sleepwalkers v. 45 He was pure stagecraft, from his whitened face and dark eyes to the exaggerated silent-screen expressions.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1574