whitishadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈwʌɪtɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈ(h)waɪdɪʃ/

Forms: Middle English whiȝtisch, Middle English whitisch, Middle English whitissch, Middle English whitissche, Middle English whitisshe, Middle English whitysshe, Middle English whyghtysche (in a late copy), Middle English whytissh, Middle English whytyssh, 1500s whitishe, 1500s whytishe, 1500s whyttish, 1500s whytysh, 1500s whytyshe, 1500s whytysshe, 1500s wytysshe, 1500s–1600s whittish, 1500s–1600s whytish, 1500s– whitish, 1600s–1700s whiteish.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: white adj., -ish suffix¹.

Etymology: < white adj. + -ish suffix¹.

A. adj.

Somewhat white; tending to white.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > [adjective] > whitish

whitisha1398

whitelike1608

albid1657

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. cl. 1048 Leues þerof beþ rowe and whytissh.

1525 Anothomia in tr. H. von Brunschwig Noble Experyence Handy Warke Surg. iii. sig. B.i^v/2 After yt from befor is the humour albugyneus & yt is whytysshe.

1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 17 Of the lesse Vulture, whiche is the browne or whitish Vulture.

1586 W. Webbe Disc. Eng. Poetrie sig. H.ij^v When haires from my beard did ginne to be whitish.

1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo i. vii. 75 The best waters [of diamonds] are whitish, inclining to the blew, which maketh the best illustration and play.

1684 R. Boyle Exper. Porosity of Bodies ii. vi. 105 A multitude of little cracks..which destroyed its former transparency, and made it [sc. a crystal] look whitish.

1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum at Apium Peregrinum sive Selinum This Strange Parsley, hath a long whitish Root.

1797 T. Morton Cure for Heart-ache i. i. 6 How whitish and deadly bad he do look.

1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. x. 157 A small swamp, the clay of which was whitish.

1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 333 The mucous membrane will..appear whitish from the presence of partially shed epithelium.

1915 J. Buchan Thirty-nine Steps vii. 171 My host went off to the telephone. He returned in five minutes with a whitish face.

2007 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 19 June A huge plume of whitish smoke.

B. n.

A colour tending towards white; a whitish colour.Apparently unattested between the 14th and 18th centuries.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > [noun] > whitishness

whitisha1398

whitishness1544

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. v. xlv. 258 Also among þese coloures [of urine] some tokeneþ deþ, as blak, grene, and bloo..and som bygynnynge of digestioun, as whitisch [L. subpallidus] and pale.

1741 Hist. Wks. Learned July 67 The Colour of the Lead they are made of, is different from that of the Lead now used, and is a dirty whitish.

1815 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. IX. i. 49 The shafts spotted with whitish, the feathers alternately banded with black and rufous.

1996 G. A. Dunn Insects of Great Lakes Region v. 176 The body is black and mottled with patches of whitish.

Compounds

C1. Modifying adjectives and nouns of colour, as whitish-blue, whitish-green, whitish-grey, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adjective] > relating to tone > light or pale

whiteeOE

palec1350

lighta1398

whitey1556

bleak1566

wan1567

whitish1577

pasty1607

mirage1927

1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. iii. xiv. f. 131^v/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I The flower [of the Saffron Crocus] beginneth to appeare of a whitish blewe colour.

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 688 A long fruite,..of a whitish gray colour, fat & oylie, in taste sharpe & bitter.

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Words 230/1 Molochino, a kinde of colour like a whitish purple.

1653 R. Saunders Physiognomie ii. 166 A whitish red colour.

1667 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 430 Turquois..of the New [Rock] are of an ill whitish Blew.

1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 436. ⁋1 A whitish brown Paper.

1731 G. Medley tr. P. Kolb Present State Cape Good-Hope II. 258 The Blossoms are of a Whitish Red, like those of the Apple-Tree.

1869 H. B. Stowe Oldtown Folks iii. 22 Watery, whitish-blue eyes.

1883 D. C. Murray Hearts II. xvi. 100 His swarthy face had taken an ugly tint of whitish-green.

1951 J. C. Fennessy Sonnet in Bottle ii. i. 40 Little whitish-silver flying fish.

2007 R. Thomson Death of Murderer (2008) 193 The skin under his eyes had turned to a mottled whitish-grey.

C2. Parasynthetic, as whitish-coloured, whitish-faced, whitish-flowered, etc.

ΚΠ

1601 R. Dolman tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. III. 328 Their branches likewise are flexible, pricklie, and couered with a greene whitish coloured barke.

1671 J. Webster Metallographia xii. 245 An ash-coloured stone, tending to blackness..and having particles adjoyned in certain places of a whitish-coloured flint.

1770 R. Weston Universal Botanist I. 141 Branching small whitish-flowered Bell-flower.

1800 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. I. 538 Whitish-tailed Shrew.

1863 ‘K. Deene’ Schoolmaster Alton III. i. 4 He was a small, spare, whitish-faced man, with blue spectacles and red whiskers.

1880 P. M. Duncan Sea-Shore ii. 31 The Wild Fennel, the Scottish Lovage, and the fleshy-leaved, whitish-flowered Samphire love rocks by the sea.

1928 Bull. Misc. Information (Royal Bot. Gardens, Kew) 2. 59 In this whitish-flowered variety the flowers are smaller than in the type.

1954 N.Y. Times 8 Sept. 36/3 The Calimyrna is a whitish-skinned specimen [of fig] with a rich brown flesh.

2006 R. S. Vizgirdas & E. M. Rey-Vizgirdas Wild Plants Sierra Nevada 238 This pinkish yellow- or whitish-flowered plant occurs in woods below 7,500 feet.

Derivatives

ˈwhitishness n. a whitish quality or colour.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > [noun] > whitishness

whitisha1398

whitishness1544

1544 Bk. Chyldren in T. Phaer tr. J. Goeurot Regiment of Lyfe (new ed.) sig. f.vi^v The longe and brode wormes are knowen by these sygnes, that is to saye, by yelownesse or whyttishnesse of the eyes..and grypyng in the bellye.

1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall xxxvii. 307 They were wont..by their whiteishness, to emulate in some measure the apparition of Light.

a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 155 The best sort of barley..is of a pale lively yellow colour, with a bright whitishness in it.

1806 W. Herschel in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 96 465 The north [polar regions of Saturn] retain also some whitishness.

1929 S. Leslie Anglo-Catholic xii. 158 He noticed her deathliness of hue, the whitishness of lead-poisoning.

2005 G. Dyer Ongoing Moment (2007) 181 There was no sky and there were no clouds, just an expanse of whitishness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	whitish
释义	whitishadj.n. Brit. /ˈwʌɪtɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈ(h)waɪdɪʃ/ Forms: Middle English whiȝtisch, Middle English whitisch, Middle English whitissch, Middle English whitissche, Middle English whitisshe, Middle English whitysshe, Middle English whyghtysche (in a late copy), Middle English whytissh, Middle English whytyssh, 1500s whitishe, 1500s whytishe, 1500s whyttish, 1500s whytysh, 1500s whytyshe, 1500s whytysshe, 1500s wytysshe, 1500s–1600s whittish, 1500s–1600s whytish, 1500s– whitish, 1600s–1700s whiteish. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: white adj., -ish suffix¹. Etymology: < white adj. + -ish suffix¹. A. adj. Somewhat white; tending to white. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > [adjective] > whitish whitisha1398 whitelike1608 albid1657 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. cl. 1048 Leues þerof beþ rowe and whytissh. 1525 Anothomia in tr. H. von Brunschwig Noble Experyence Handy Warke Surg. iii. sig. B.i^v/2 After yt from befor is the humour albugyneus & yt is whytysshe. 1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 17 Of the lesse Vulture, whiche is the browne or whitish Vulture. 1586 W. Webbe Disc. Eng. Poetrie sig. H.ij^v When haires from my beard did ginne to be whitish. 1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo i. vii. 75 The best waters [of diamonds] are whitish, inclining to the blew, which maketh the best illustration and play. 1684 R. Boyle Exper. Porosity of Bodies ii. vi. 105 A multitude of little cracks..which destroyed its former transparency, and made it [sc. a crystal] look whitish. 1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum at Apium Peregrinum sive Selinum This Strange Parsley, hath a long whitish Root. 1797 T. Morton Cure for Heart-ache i. i. 6 How whitish and deadly bad he do look. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. x. 157 A small swamp, the clay of which was whitish. 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 333 The mucous membrane will..appear whitish from the presence of partially shed epithelium. 1915 J. Buchan Thirty-nine Steps vii. 171 My host went off to the telephone. He returned in five minutes with a whitish face. 2007 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 19 June A huge plume of whitish smoke. B. n. A colour tending towards white; a whitish colour.Apparently unattested between the 14th and 18th centuries. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > [noun] > whitishness whitisha1398 whitishness1544 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. v. xlv. 258 Also among þese coloures [of urine] some tokeneþ deþ, as blak, grene, and bloo..and som bygynnynge of digestioun, as whitisch [L. subpallidus] and pale. 1741 Hist. Wks. Learned July 67 The Colour of the Lead they are made of, is different from that of the Lead now used, and is a dirty whitish. 1815 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. IX. i. 49 The shafts spotted with whitish, the feathers alternately banded with black and rufous. 1996 G. A. Dunn Insects of Great Lakes Region v. 176 The body is black and mottled with patches of whitish. Compounds C1. Modifying adjectives and nouns of colour, as whitish-blue, whitish-green, whitish-grey, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adjective] > relating to tone > light or pale whiteeOE palec1350 lighta1398 whitey1556 bleak1566 wan1567 whitish1577 pasty1607 mirage1927 1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. iii. xiv. f. 131^v/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I The flower [of the Saffron Crocus] beginneth to appeare of a whitish blewe colour. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 688 A long fruite,..of a whitish gray colour, fat & oylie, in taste sharpe & bitter. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Words 230/1 Molochino, a kinde of colour like a whitish purple. 1653 R. Saunders Physiognomie ii. 166 A whitish red colour. 1667 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 430 Turquois..of the New [Rock] are of an ill whitish Blew. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 436. ⁋1 A whitish brown Paper. 1731 G. Medley tr. P. Kolb Present State Cape Good-Hope II. 258 The Blossoms are of a Whitish Red, like those of the Apple-Tree. 1869 H. B. Stowe Oldtown Folks iii. 22 Watery, whitish-blue eyes. 1883 D. C. Murray Hearts II. xvi. 100 His swarthy face had taken an ugly tint of whitish-green. 1951 J. C. Fennessy Sonnet in Bottle ii. i. 40 Little whitish-silver flying fish. 2007 R. Thomson Death of Murderer (2008) 193 The skin under his eyes had turned to a mottled whitish-grey. C2. Parasynthetic, as whitish-coloured, whitish-faced, whitish-flowered, etc. ΚΠ 1601 R. Dolman tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. III. 328 Their branches likewise are flexible, pricklie, and couered with a greene whitish coloured barke. 1671 J. Webster Metallographia xii. 245 An ash-coloured stone, tending to blackness..and having particles adjoyned in certain places of a whitish-coloured flint. 1770 R. Weston Universal Botanist I. 141 Branching small whitish-flowered Bell-flower. 1800 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. I. 538 Whitish-tailed Shrew. 1863 ‘K. Deene’ Schoolmaster Alton III. i. 4 He was a small, spare, whitish-faced man, with blue spectacles and red whiskers. 1880 P. M. Duncan Sea-Shore ii. 31 The Wild Fennel, the Scottish Lovage, and the fleshy-leaved, whitish-flowered Samphire love rocks by the sea. 1928 Bull. Misc. Information (Royal Bot. Gardens, Kew) 2. 59 In this whitish-flowered variety the flowers are smaller than in the type. 1954 N.Y. Times 8 Sept. 36/3 The Calimyrna is a whitish-skinned specimen [of fig] with a rich brown flesh. 2006 R. S. Vizgirdas & E. M. Rey-Vizgirdas Wild Plants Sierra Nevada 238 This pinkish yellow- or whitish-flowered plant occurs in woods below 7,500 feet. Derivatives ˈwhitishness n. a whitish quality or colour. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > [noun] > whitishness whitisha1398 whitishness1544 1544 Bk. Chyldren in T. Phaer tr. J. Goeurot Regiment of Lyfe (new ed.) sig. f.vi^v The longe and brode wormes are knowen by these sygnes, that is to saye, by yelownesse or whyttishnesse of the eyes..and grypyng in the bellye. 1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall xxxvii. 307 They were wont..by their whiteishness, to emulate in some measure the apparition of Light. a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 155 The best sort of barley..is of a pale lively yellow colour, with a bright whitishness in it. 1806 W. Herschel in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 96 465 The north [polar regions of Saturn] retain also some whitishness. 1929 S. Leslie Anglo-Catholic xii. 158 He noticed her deathliness of hue, the whitishness of lead-poisoning. 2005 G. Dyer Ongoing Moment (2007) 181 There was no sky and there were no clouds, just an expanse of whitishness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.a1398
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