cinereousadj.

/sɪˈnɪərɪəs/

Etymology: < Latin cinereus ash-coloured ( < ciner-em ashes) + -ous suffix.

1. Of an ashy hue, ash-coloured, ashen-gray; spec. in names of birds having ash-coloured feathers, as the cinereous crow, cinereous eagle, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > markings or colourings > [adjective] > ash-coloured

cinereous1661

cinerealc1878

the world > matter > colour > named colours > grey or greyness > [adjective] > ashy grey

crane1517

crane-coloured1549

crane-feather1557

ash-coloura1586

subcineritious1657

cinereous1661

cinerealc1878

1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia Isagoge sig. A5 [The] partridg, grecian, reddish, cinereous, white, and damascen.

1769 T. Pennant in Philos. Trans. 1768 (Royal Soc.) 58 92 The whole back is of a very deep cinereous colour.

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 142 Cinereous crows..brave the severest winter.

1803 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. II. 233 Great Cinereous Shrike.

1865 P. H. Gosse Land & Sea (1874) 14.

a. Of the nature of ashes.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > products of burning > [adjective] > relating to or of the nature of ashes

ashy1483

favillous1650

cineritious1732

cinerary1753

cinereal1807

cinereous1811

ashen1850

1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy II. 455 Round cinereous bodies.

1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus iii. vii. 88/1 She must first burn out, and lie as a dead cinereous heap.

b. ? Baked to a cinder, over-cooked.

ΚΠ

1807 Edinb. Rev. 10 333 This semi-sanguineous partiality had given way to a taste for cinereous..meats.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	cinereous
释义	cinereousadj. /sɪˈnɪərɪəs/ Etymology: < Latin cinereus ash-coloured ( < ciner-em ashes) + -ous suffix. 1. Of an ashy hue, ash-coloured, ashen-gray; spec. in names of birds having ash-coloured feathers, as the cinereous crow, cinereous eagle, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > markings or colourings > [adjective] > ash-coloured cinereous1661 cinerealc1878 the world > matter > colour > named colours > grey or greyness > [adjective] > ashy grey crane1517 crane-coloured1549 crane-feather1557 ash-coloura1586 subcineritious1657 cinereous1661 cinerealc1878 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia Isagoge sig. A5 [The] partridg, grecian, reddish, cinereous, white, and damascen. 1769 T. Pennant in Philos. Trans. 1768 (Royal Soc.) 58 92 The whole back is of a very deep cinereous colour. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 142 Cinereous crows..brave the severest winter. 1803 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. II. 233 Great Cinereous Shrike. 1865 P. H. Gosse Land & Sea (1874) 14. 2. a. Of the nature of ashes. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > products of burning > [adjective] > relating to or of the nature of ashes ashy1483 favillous1650 cineritious1732 cinerary1753 cinereal1807 cinereous1811 ashen1850 1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy II. 455 Round cinereous bodies. 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus iii. vii. 88/1 She must first burn out, and lie as a dead cinereous heap. b. ? Baked to a cinder, over-cooked. ΚΠ 1807 Edinb. Rev. 10 333 This semi-sanguineous partiality had given way to a taste for cinereous..meats. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1661
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