单词 | discolorate |
释义 | † discolorateadj. Obsolete. 1. = discoloured adj. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > absence of colour > [adjective] > having lost colour fade1303 discoloureda1393 walloweda1400 discolorate?a1425 whitterish1679 fady1736 washed out1796 greyed-out1919 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 17v (MED) If of þise he suffre defect of mundifying þe lyuer, þe body is made þynne i. lene & discolorate [?c1425 Paris discolored; L. discoloratum]. 2. Botany and Zoology. Of different colours; = discolorous adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > [adjective] fawa700 medleyc1350 freckledc1380 motleyc1380 pied1382 specked1382 vary1382 partyc1385 parted1393 peckleda1400 polymitec1425 sere-colouredc1425 vairc1425 discoloured?1440 motleyed1447 varying1488 sheld1507 fleckered1508 piet1508 mellay1515 particoloured1530 pickled1552 varied1578 mingled1580 partly coloured1582 chequered1592 medley-coloured1593 mingle-coloured1593 piebald1594 feathered1610 changeable1612 particolour1612 enamelled1613 variousa1618 pie-coloured1619 jaspered1620 gangean1623 versicolour1628 patchwork1634 damasked1648 variously-coloureda1660 variegateda1661 agated1665 varicoloured1665 damaska1674 various-coloureda1711 pieted1721 versicoloured1721 diversicoloured1756 mosaic1776 harlequin1779 spanged1788 calico1807 piety1811 varied-coloured1811 discolorate1826 heterochromous1842 jaspé1851 discolor1859 discolorous1860 jasperoid1876 damascened1879 heterochromatic1895 variotinted1903 batik1914 varihued1921 rumbled1930 damasky1931 pepper-and-salt1940 partihued1959 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. 291 Discolorate, of a different colour from another part. 1832 Gardener's Mag. Feb. 25 It has large discolorate leaves, a stem from 8 to 10 ft. high. 1898 Bot. Gaz. 25 151 Suffruticose, erect, tall. Leaves discolorate, with petiole 5–7mm broad. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2021). discoloratev. Now rare. transitive. = discolour v. 1a, 2. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > change of colour > change colour of [verb (transitive)] > discolour discolourc1380 decolour?c1622 decolorate1623 discolorate1651 discolourize1825 society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > degrade or impair morally [verb (transitive)] > pollute or defile afileeOE awemOE filec1175 wemc1175 soila1250 foulc1330 defoula1340 bleckc1380 blemishc1380 pollutea1382 tache1390 sulpa1400 vilec1400 spota1413 stain1446 defilec1450 violate1490 tan1530 smear1549 beray1576 moil1596 discolour1598 smut1601 bespurtle1604 sullya1616 commaculatec1616 decolour?c1622 collutulate1623 deturpate1623 berust1631 smutch1640 discolorate1651 smoot1683 tarnish1695 tar1817 dirten1987 1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs ⁋234 [It] doth variously affect and perturb the bloud, and discolorate it. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iii. 84 The Clergie complained, that..the least mixture of Civil concernment in Religious matters, so discolourated the Christian candor and purity thereof, that [etc.]. 1724 J. Maubray Female Physician 42 This Malady is an Indisposition visibly discolorating the Complexion. 1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems xi. 7 Fields the rich Nile discolorates, a seven-fold River abounding. 1912 Dental Rev. July 650 There is one thing certain that arsenical applications will..eventually discolorate the teeth. 1968 El Paso (Texas) Herald-Post 6 Mar. a2/4 Alcohol might tend to discolorate the skin because of damage to the liver caused by the drinking. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?a1425v.1651 |
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