colour-de-royn.adj.

Brit.

/ˌkʌlədəˈrɔɪ/, U.S.

/ˌkələrdəˈrɔɪ/, Scottish English

/ˌkʌlərdəˈrɔɪ/

Forms:

α. 1600s culler-due-roy; Scottish pre-1700 cullour-du-roy.

β. 1600s colour-de-roy, 1700s couleur-de-roy, 1700s 1900s– couleur-de-roi; Scottish pre-1700 collor-de-roy, pre-1700 color-de-roy, pre-1700 1800s– colour-de-roy.

γ. Scottish pre-1700 colour-the-roy.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French couleur de roy.

Etymology: < Middle French couleur de roy, literally ‘king's colour’ (although this is first attested slightly later: 1543; French couleur de roi ) < couleur colour n.¹ + de de prep. + roy king (see roy n.²).In α. forms after French du, partitive article corresponding to de (see du jour adj.). In γ. forms with alteration after the adj.

Originally and chiefly Scottish. Now historical.

A. n.

A cloth of a rich purple colour associated with the French kings (cf. royal purple n. and adj. (a) at royal adj. and n. Compounds 1); this colour itself. Later also: a bright tawny colour; a cloth of this colour. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > purple or purpleness > [noun]

purple?a1439

colour-de-roy1531

roy1549

mercury1562

purpleness1852

the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun] > shades of red > brownish red

rufe?c1400

red-fallowc1425

colour-de-roy1531

roy1549

red roan1639

rubiginy1657

rust1716

brick-red1759

brick-dust red1776

morone1777

maroon1779

rufous1783

brick1793

tile-red1805

brick dusta1807

worm red1831

cinnamon-red1882

chaudron1883

rosewood1897

tony1921

1531 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1905) VI. 18 Item, for vij ½ quartaris cullourduroy, to be the King ane galcot with slevis.

1543 in Aberd. Reg. V. 18 Ane gown of colour-de-roy.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Couleur de Roy, was in old time Purple; but now is the bright Tawnie, which wee also tearme, Colour de Roy.

1742 tr. P. J. Sachs à Lewenheimb in Acta Germanica I. 60 If to the zinzolin you add a little black, you have the couleur de Roy.

1795 W. Nicholson Dict. Chem. II. 727 Madder is also employed in dyeing cloth, after it has had a blue ground; couleur de roi, minime, and obscure amaranth, are thus obtained.

1882 F. Michel Crit. Inq. into Sc. Lang. iv. 85 We must not forget the French cloth colour de roy.

1934 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Stony Limits 5 I had the fortune to live as a boy In a world a' columbe and colour-de-roy.

1994 Costume 28 14 Black and white had long been associated with people of pre-eminence, and they were his first choice, along with regal purple, crimson, couleur-de-roi, which was a tawny shade, and, of course, cloth of gold and cloth of silver.

†B. adj.

1. Made of colour-de-roy. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1547 in W. B. Cook Stirling Antiquary (1908) IV. 217 Ane colour de roy gown with black lam skins.

2. Of a purple colour. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge i. iii. sig. B2 His nose is iust colour de Roy.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	colour-de-roy
释义	colour-de-royn.adj. Brit. /ˌkʌlədəˈrɔɪ/, U.S. /ˌkələrdəˈrɔɪ/, Scottish English /ˌkʌlərdəˈrɔɪ/ Forms: α. 1600s culler-due-roy; Scottish pre-1700 cullour-du-roy. β. 1600s colour-de-roy, 1700s couleur-de-roy, 1700s 1900s– couleur-de-roi; Scottish pre-1700 collor-de-roy, pre-1700 color-de-roy, pre-1700 1800s– colour-de-roy. γ. Scottish pre-1700 colour-the-roy. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French couleur de roy. Etymology: < Middle French couleur de roy, literally ‘king's colour’ (although this is first attested slightly later: 1543; French couleur de roi ) < couleur colour n.¹ + de de prep. + roy king (see roy n.²).In α. forms after French du, partitive article corresponding to de (see du jour adj.). In γ. forms with alteration after the adj. Originally and chiefly Scottish. Now historical. A. n. A cloth of a rich purple colour associated with the French kings (cf. royal purple n. and adj. (a) at royal adj. and n. Compounds 1); this colour itself. Later also: a bright tawny colour; a cloth of this colour. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > purple or purpleness > [noun] purple?a1439 colour-de-roy1531 roy1549 mercury1562 purpleness1852 the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun] > shades of red > brownish red rufe?c1400 red-fallowc1425 colour-de-roy1531 roy1549 red roan1639 rubiginy1657 rust1716 brick-red1759 brick-dust red1776 morone1777 maroon1779 rufous1783 brick1793 tile-red1805 brick dusta1807 worm red1831 cinnamon-red1882 chaudron1883 rosewood1897 tony1921 1531 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1905) VI. 18 Item, for vij ½ quartaris cullourduroy, to be the King ane galcot with slevis. 1543 in Aberd. Reg. V. 18 Ane gown of colour-de-roy. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Couleur de Roy, was in old time Purple; but now is the bright Tawnie, which wee also tearme, Colour de Roy. 1742 tr. P. J. Sachs à Lewenheimb in Acta Germanica I. 60 If to the zinzolin you add a little black, you have the couleur de Roy. 1795 W. Nicholson Dict. Chem. II. 727 Madder is also employed in dyeing cloth, after it has had a blue ground; couleur de roi, minime, and obscure amaranth, are thus obtained. 1882 F. Michel Crit. Inq. into Sc. Lang. iv. 85 We must not forget the French cloth colour de roy. 1934 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Stony Limits 5 I had the fortune to live as a boy In a world a' columbe and colour-de-roy. 1994 Costume 28 14 Black and white had long been associated with people of pre-eminence, and they were his first choice, along with regal purple, crimson, couleur-de-roi, which was a tawny shade, and, of course, cloth of gold and cloth of silver. †B. adj. 1. Made of colour-de-roy. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1547 in W. B. Cook Stirling Antiquary (1908) IV. 217 Ane colour de roy gown with black lam skins. 2. Of a purple colour. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge i. iii. sig. B2 His nose is iust colour de Roy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1531
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