chican.¹

Brit.

/ˈtʃiːkə/, U.S.

/ˈtʃikə/

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

Etymology: < French chica (1808 in the work cited below), apparently < Chaima chica (recorded in a Spanish work in 1680). Compare scientific Latin chica, specific name of this plant ( A. Bonpland & A. von Humboldt Plantes equinoxiales I. (1808) 107).A. Bonpland and A. von Humboldt encountered the plant (and its uses) on their joint expedition from 1799–1804 (compare quot. 1818). Chaima is a Cariban language of the Orinoco region.

A red pigment obtained from the leaves of the tropical South American plant Fridericia chica (family Bignoniaceae). Cf. carajura n.Chica originally became known to Europeans as a pigment used by certain South American tribes for painting the skin.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > red colouring matter > [noun] > other red pigments

rosetc1450

crimson?a1475

patise1589

sandyx1601

lake1616

lac1682

red lac1682

light red1692

carmine1712

rose pink1732

Venetian red1753

fire-red1798

pink saucer1804

chica1818

Florentine lake1822

French red1844

Antwerp red1851

Paris lake1866

carajura1874

cadmium red1886

Chinese vermilion1886

Chinese red1892

terra rosa1897

vermilionette1897

Derby red1904

Monastral1936

1818 H. M. Williams tr. A. von Humboldt Personal Narr. Trav. III. 237 His skin more covered with annotto, or chica [Fr. chica], or some other coppery red colour.

1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 237 Chica is a red feculent substance obtained by boiling the leaves of Bignonia Chica in water.

1860 M. Reid Odd People 239 If the gentleman be rich enough to possess a little ‘chica’..he will then feel all the ecstatic delight of a fashionable dandy who possesses a good wardrobe.

1922 Textile Colorist 44 383/2 While chica is now rarely met with in commerce, it was at one time used extensively in England for dyeing cotton a fine orange yellow color.

2002 S. M. Vidal in J. D. Hill & F. Santos-Granero Compar. Arawakan Hist. x. 255 For the last dance, when the men already initiated return to their community, all the people..paint their bodies with chica (a red coloring).

Compounds

General use as a modifier.

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1829 Mirror Lit., Amusem., & Instr. 31 Oct. 282/2 The liquor is then poured off and left to deposit a settlement, which forms the Chica paint.

1844 Chem. Gaz. 2 131 Other travellers assert that the aborigines prefer..the musky fat of the Crocodilus acutus, for making a kind of Chica pomatum.

1869 T. W. Salter Field's Chromatogr. (new ed.) 368 A chica pigment, brought from South America,..was of a soft powdery texture, and rich marrone colour.

1922 Textile Colorist 44 383/2 The red or purple dye is obtained from the leaves of the chica plant.

1966 W. B. Mors & C. T. Rizzini Useful Plants Brazil vii. 56 Formerly it [sc. carajuru] had a limited market under the name of ‘chica red’ or ‘American vermillion’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

chican.²

Brit.

/ˈtʃiːkə/, U.S.

/ˈtʃikə/

Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish chica.

Etymology: < Spanish chica girl (18th cent.), feminine form corresponding to chico boy, young man (18th cent.), use as noun of chico small (12th cent.), probably ultimately related to classical Latin ciccum proverbially worthless object, of unknown origin.Compare Catalan xic, chic little, of little worth, Spanish chico little, Italian cica (noun) small thing. Classical Latin ciccum is explained by ancient authors (e.g. Varro) as denoting the thin membrane in a pomegranate.

colloquial (chiefly U.S.).

Originally in Spanish-speaking contexts: a girl or young woman. Also: spec. a girl or young woman of Latin American origin or descent. Frequently as a familiar or affectionate form of address.

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the world > people > person > young person > young woman > [noun]

daughterOE

maidenOE

young womanOE

mayc1175

burdc1225

maidc1275

wenchc1290

file1303

virginc1330

girla1375

damselc1380

young ladya1393

jilla1425

juvenclec1430

young person1438

domicellea1464

quean1488

trull1525

pulleta1533

Tib1533

kittyc1560

dell1567

gillian1573

nymph1584

winklota1586

frotion1587

yuffrouw1589

pigeon1592

tit1599

nannicock1600

muggle1608

gixy1611

infanta1611

dilla1627

tittiea1628

whimsy1631

ladykin1632

stammel1639

moggie1648

zitellaa1660

baggagea1668

miss1668

baby1684

burdie1718

demoiselle1720

queanie?1800

intombi1809

muchacha1811

jilt1816

titter1819

ragazza1827

gouge1828

craft1829

meisie1838

sheila1839

sixteenc1840

chica1843

femme1846

muffin1854

gel1857

quail1859

kitten1870

bud1880

fräulein1883

sub-debutante1887

sweet-and-twenty1887

flapper1888

jelly1889

queen1894

chick1899

pusher1902

bit of fluff1903

chicklet1905

twist and twirl1905

twist1906

head1913

sub-deb1916

tabby1916

mouse1917

tittie1918

chickie1919

wren1920

bim1922

nifty1923

quiff1923

wimp1923

bride1924

job1927

junior miss1927

hag1932

tab1932

sort1933

palone1934

brush1941

knitting1943

teenybopper1966

weeny-bopper1972

Valley Girl1982

the world > people > person > child > girl > [noun]

maiden-childeOE

maidenOE

maidc1275

maid-childc1275

wenchc1290

thernec1300

lassc1325

maidenkinc1330

child-womana1382

girlc1400

pucelle1439

maidkin1440

mawther1440

mop1466

woman-child?1515

bonnea1529

urchina1535

kinchin-mort1567

dandiprat1582

prill1587

sluta1592

little girl1603

maggie1603

tendril1603

squall1607

childa1616

filly1616

vriester1652

miss1668

gilpie1720

lassie1725

laddess1768

jeune fillea1777

bitch1785

girly?1786

gal1795

ladyling1807

missikin1815

colleen1828

girleen1833

snowdrop1833

pinafore1836

chica1843

fillette1847

charity-girl1848

urchiness1852

Mädchen1854

gel1857

pusill1884

backfisch1888

girly-girly1888

cliner1895

tittie1918

weeny1929

bobby-soxer1944

1843 G. Borrow Bible in Spain I. xvi. 340 A young medico, who cured my daughter, the chica here, of the ear-ache.

1907 ‘O. Henry’ in Everybody's Mag. July 90/1 If you'll run in, chica, and throw a pot of coffee together..I'll be a good deal obliged.

1926 E. Hemingway Sun also Rises xix. 252 The chica will ask her.

1979 R. Burns Angle of Attack iii. 36 It's the same thing the chicas do who marry Anglos, you know? They keep their Chicano name so they can get the grants.

1997 Y. M. Murray Locas 62 Congratulations, chica!

2011 Girl's Life Aug. 44 The chicas who wrangle the best grades put in some serious effort, even if it means sacrificing some fun.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	chica
释义	chican.¹ Brit. /ˈtʃiːkə/, U.S. /ˈtʃikə/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French chica. Etymology: < French chica (1808 in the work cited below), apparently < Chaima chica (recorded in a Spanish work in 1680). Compare scientific Latin chica, specific name of this plant ( A. Bonpland & A. von Humboldt Plantes equinoxiales I. (1808) 107).A. Bonpland and A. von Humboldt encountered the plant (and its uses) on their joint expedition from 1799–1804 (compare quot. 1818). Chaima is a Cariban language of the Orinoco region. A red pigment obtained from the leaves of the tropical South American plant Fridericia chica (family Bignoniaceae). Cf. carajura n.Chica originally became known to Europeans as a pigment used by certain South American tribes for painting the skin. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > red colouring matter > [noun] > other red pigments rosetc1450 crimson?a1475 patise1589 sandyx1601 lake1616 lac1682 red lac1682 light red1692 carmine1712 rose pink1732 Venetian red1753 fire-red1798 pink saucer1804 chica1818 Florentine lake1822 French red1844 Antwerp red1851 Paris lake1866 carajura1874 cadmium red1886 Chinese vermilion1886 Chinese red1892 terra rosa1897 vermilionette1897 Derby red1904 Monastral1936 1818 H. M. Williams tr. A. von Humboldt Personal Narr. Trav. III. 237 His skin more covered with annotto, or chica [Fr. chica], or some other coppery red colour. 1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 237 Chica is a red feculent substance obtained by boiling the leaves of Bignonia Chica in water. 1860 M. Reid Odd People 239 If the gentleman be rich enough to possess a little ‘chica’..he will then feel all the ecstatic delight of a fashionable dandy who possesses a good wardrobe. 1922 Textile Colorist 44 383/2 While chica is now rarely met with in commerce, it was at one time used extensively in England for dyeing cotton a fine orange yellow color. 2002 S. M. Vidal in J. D. Hill & F. Santos-Granero Compar. Arawakan Hist. x. 255 For the last dance, when the men already initiated return to their community, all the people..paint their bodies with chica (a red coloring). Compounds General use as a modifier. ΚΠ 1829 Mirror Lit., Amusem., & Instr. 31 Oct. 282/2 The liquor is then poured off and left to deposit a settlement, which forms the Chica paint. 1844 Chem. Gaz. 2 131 Other travellers assert that the aborigines prefer..the musky fat of the Crocodilus acutus, for making a kind of Chica pomatum. 1869 T. W. Salter Field's Chromatogr. (new ed.) 368 A chica pigment, brought from South America,..was of a soft powdery texture, and rich marrone colour. 1922 Textile Colorist 44 383/2 The red or purple dye is obtained from the leaves of the chica plant. 1966 W. B. Mors & C. T. Rizzini Useful Plants Brazil vii. 56 Formerly it [sc. carajuru] had a limited market under the name of ‘chica red’ or ‘American vermillion’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). chican.² Brit. /ˈtʃiːkə/, U.S. /ˈtʃikə/ Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish chica. Etymology: < Spanish chica girl (18th cent.), feminine form corresponding to chico boy, young man (18th cent.), use as noun of chico small (12th cent.), probably ultimately related to classical Latin ciccum proverbially worthless object, of unknown origin.Compare Catalan xic, chic little, of little worth, Spanish chico little, Italian cica (noun) small thing. Classical Latin ciccum is explained by ancient authors (e.g. Varro) as denoting the thin membrane in a pomegranate. colloquial (chiefly U.S.). Originally in Spanish-speaking contexts: a girl or young woman. Also: spec. a girl or young woman of Latin American origin or descent. Frequently as a familiar or affectionate form of address. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > young person > young woman > [noun] daughterOE maidenOE young womanOE mayc1175 burdc1225 maidc1275 wenchc1290 file1303 virginc1330 girla1375 damselc1380 young ladya1393 jilla1425 juvenclec1430 young person1438 domicellea1464 quean1488 trull1525 pulleta1533 Tib1533 kittyc1560 dell1567 gillian1573 nymph1584 winklota1586 frotion1587 yuffrouw1589 pigeon1592 tit1599 nannicock1600 muggle1608 gixy1611 infanta1611 dilla1627 tittiea1628 whimsy1631 ladykin1632 stammel1639 moggie1648 zitellaa1660 baggagea1668 miss1668 baby1684 burdie1718 demoiselle1720 queanie?1800 intombi1809 muchacha1811 jilt1816 titter1819 ragazza1827 gouge1828 craft1829 meisie1838 sheila1839 sixteenc1840 chica1843 femme1846 muffin1854 gel1857 quail1859 kitten1870 bud1880 fräulein1883 sub-debutante1887 sweet-and-twenty1887 flapper1888 jelly1889 queen1894 chick1899 pusher1902 bit of fluff1903 chicklet1905 twist and twirl1905 twist1906 head1913 sub-deb1916 tabby1916 mouse1917 tittie1918 chickie1919 wren1920 bim1922 nifty1923 quiff1923 wimp1923 bride1924 job1927 junior miss1927 hag1932 tab1932 sort1933 palone1934 brush1941 knitting1943 teenybopper1966 weeny-bopper1972 Valley Girl1982 the world > people > person > child > girl > [noun] maiden-childeOE maidenOE maidc1275 maid-childc1275 wenchc1290 thernec1300 lassc1325 maidenkinc1330 child-womana1382 girlc1400 pucelle1439 maidkin1440 mawther1440 mop1466 woman-child?1515 bonnea1529 urchina1535 kinchin-mort1567 dandiprat1582 prill1587 sluta1592 little girl1603 maggie1603 tendril1603 squall1607 childa1616 filly1616 vriester1652 miss1668 gilpie1720 lassie1725 laddess1768 jeune fillea1777 bitch1785 girly?1786 gal1795 ladyling1807 missikin1815 colleen1828 girleen1833 snowdrop1833 pinafore1836 chica1843 fillette1847 charity-girl1848 urchiness1852 Mädchen1854 gel1857 pusill1884 backfisch1888 girly-girly1888 cliner1895 tittie1918 weeny1929 bobby-soxer1944 1843 G. Borrow Bible in Spain I. xvi. 340 A young medico, who cured my daughter, the chica here, of the ear-ache. 1907 ‘O. Henry’ in Everybody's Mag. July 90/1 If you'll run in, chica, and throw a pot of coffee together..I'll be a good deal obliged. 1926 E. Hemingway Sun also Rises xix. 252 The chica will ask her. 1979 R. Burns Angle of Attack iii. 36 It's the same thing the chicas do who marry Anglos, you know? They keep their Chicano name so they can get the grants. 1997 Y. M. Murray Locas 62 Congratulations, chica! 2011 Girl's Life Aug. 44 The chicas who wrangle the best grades put in some serious effort, even if it means sacrificing some fun. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1818n.²1843
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