单词 | cain-coloured |
释义 | > as lemmasCain-coloured Cain-coloured adj. of the reputed colour of the hair of Cain, to whom, as to Judas Iscariot, a ‘red’ or reddish-yellow beard was attributed. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > hair on lower part of face > [adjective] > beard > types of tatty1513 writhledc1600 whey-colour1602 Cain-coloureda1616 whey1663 shag-rag1868 Jesus1938 a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) i. iv. 21 He hath but a little wee-face; with a little yellow Beard: a Caine colourd [1602 kane colored] Beard. View more context for this quotation < as lemmas |
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