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

Etymology: < French eau water (11th cent. in Old French as egua ) < classical Latin aqua water (see aqua n.¹).

French for ‘water’, occurring in the names of several liquids, used as scents or in medicine, as See also ewe ardaunt n., ewrose n.

a. eau-de-Cologne n. a perfume consisting of alcohol and various essential oils, originally made at Cologne; also (nonce-use) as a v. [ < French eau de Cologne (1762 or earlier) < eau eau n. + de de prep. + Cologne , the name of a city in the Rhine (see Cologne n.).]

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > [noun] > fragrant substance or perfume > specifically

ewrosec1350

stacte1382

oil of rosesa1398

rose watera1398

sandalc1400

musk?a1425

damask water?1520

malabathrum1543

orris1545

civet1553

ambracan1555

rose cake1559

lavender-water1563

oil of spikenard1565

zibet1594

orange-flower water1595

orris powder?1600

spike-oil1611

angel water1634

cypress-powder1634

angelica1653

jasmine1670

jessamy1671

rosat1674

frangipane1676

marechale1676

orangery1676

tuberose1682

jasmine-water1750

otto1759

rose geranium1773

millefleurs1775

new-mown hay1789

attar1798

eau-de-Cologne1802

Cologne1814

dedes1817

eau de Portugal1825

verbena1837

rondeletia1838

bay-rum1840

Florida water1840

citronelle1841

patchouli1843

citronella1849

gardenia1851

sandalwood oil1851

Ess Bouquet1855

marmala water1857

mignonette1858

spikenard oil1861

sandalwood1865

serpolet1866

ylang-ylang1876

flower-water1886

lily1890

lilac1895

stephanotis1895

tea rose1897

chypre1898

Peau d'Espagne1898

violette de Parme1904

poppy1905

Parma violet1907

wallflower1907

1802 C. Wilmot Irish Peer on Continent (1920) 72 The Ladies most frequently have their Baths perfum'd with Eau de Cologne, Rose Water, or some perfume of that kind.

1823 Ld. Byron To Ld. Blessington 14 Apr. Neither lemon-juice nor eau de Cologne, nor any other eau.

1845 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 12 803 Her maid..comforted and eau-de-cologned her.

1855 E. C. Gaskell North & South I. xxii. 281 Mrs. Thornton bathed Margaret's temples with eau de Cologne.

b. eau de Javelle n. see Javelle n.

c. eau-de-Luce n. a medicinal preparation of alcohol, ammonia, and oil of amber, used in India as an antidote to snake-bites, and in England sometimes as smelling salts. [ < French eau de Luce (1750 or earlier) < eau eau n. + de de prep. + Luce, the name of an apothecary in Lille, though according to 18th-cent. sources this preparation was in fact invented by Du Balen, a Paris apothecary, and the name of a different preparation became transferred to it as a result of confusion; compare scientific Latin aqua Luciae (1773 or earlier).]

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > antidote > [noun] > antidotes to snake-bite

serpent-stone1681

eau-de-Luce1756

antivenin1895

antivenom1897

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > restoratives, tonics, or stimulants > [noun] > restoratives for faintness

swooning-water1574

sal volatile1654

melancholy water1670

salt of hartshorn1680

sal1706

salt1740

eau-de-Luce1756

restorative1825

smelling-salts1841

salts-bottle1847

Preston salts1858

1756 Gentleman's Mag. 26 33 This gives you the genuine Eau de luce.

1808 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 19 492 The wounds were deeply scarified, and filled with eau de luce.

1852 T. Ross tr. A. von Humboldt Personal Narr. Trav. Amer. II. xxiv. 447 In vain have ammonia and eau-de-luce been tried against the Curare.

d. eau-de-nil n. (also (erron.) eau-du-nil, eau-de-Nil) a pale green colour supposed to resemble that of the Nile. [ < French eau de Nil, lit. ‘water of (the) Nile’ (1853 or earlier denoting a colour) < eau eau n. + de de prep. + Nil , the name of the river Nile , a river in North and Eastern Central Africa (see Nile n.).]

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [noun] > shade or tint of green > light green

willow-green1672

oil-green1673

lily-green1739

celadon1768

nascent green1839

ice-green1863

eau-de-nil1870

Nile green1871

absinthe1872

reseda1874

feuille1883

mignonette1883

chartreuse1884

water-green1884

mignonette-green1888

Nile1895

serpent1895

willow1922

peppermint1930

kelly1936

1870 Young Ladies' Jrnl. 7 482 A pretty toilette of eau-du-nil.

1890 Daily News 5 July 3/4 Costumes of the colours known as crevette and eau-de-Nil.

1891 Truth 10 Dec. 1240/2 A row of begonia leaves in eau-de-Nil velvet.

1905 E. F. Benson Image in Sand ix Four greens—eau-de-nil, vert-doré, aquamarine, and emerald—shone and shimmered together.

1928 Times 9 May 11/5 A robe de style of eau-de-nil tulle.

1960 Times 30 Jan. 7/4 Eau-de-nil and tilleul green.

e. eau de Portugal n. a perfume comprising an essential oil known as essence of Portugal. [ < French eau de Portugal (1752 or earlier) < eau eau n. + de de prep. + Portugal , the name of the country (see Portugal n.).]

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > [noun] > fragrant substance or perfume > specifically

ewrosec1350

stacte1382

oil of rosesa1398

rose watera1398

sandalc1400

musk?a1425

damask water?1520

malabathrum1543

orris1545

civet1553

ambracan1555

rose cake1559

lavender-water1563

oil of spikenard1565

zibet1594

orange-flower water1595

orris powder?1600

spike-oil1611

angel water1634

cypress-powder1634

angelica1653

jasmine1670

jessamy1671

rosat1674

frangipane1676

marechale1676

orangery1676

tuberose1682

jasmine-water1750

otto1759

rose geranium1773

millefleurs1775

new-mown hay1789

attar1798

eau-de-Cologne1802

Cologne1814

dedes1817

eau de Portugal1825

verbena1837

rondeletia1838

bay-rum1840

Florida water1840

citronelle1841

patchouli1843

citronella1849

gardenia1851

sandalwood oil1851

Ess Bouquet1855

marmala water1857

mignonette1858

spikenard oil1861

sandalwood1865

serpolet1866

ylang-ylang1876

flower-water1886

lily1890

lilac1895

stephanotis1895

tea rose1897

chypre1898

Peau d'Espagne1898

violette de Parme1904

poppy1905

Parma violet1907

wallflower1907

1825 H. Wilson Mem. 43 ‘A little Eau de Portugal would do no harm..’ I remarked,..alluding to his dislike of perfumery.

1848 E. C. Gaskell Mary Barton I. vi. 104 Did not I get you that eau de Portugal from town..?

1938 L. MacNeice Zoo xiv. 229 We poured a bottle of eau-de-Portugal over our heads.

1963 ‘M. Albrand’ Call from Austria vii. 64 He smelled of Eau de Portugal, the lotion he used on his hair; he smelled a little like an orange.

f. eau de toilette n. = toilet water n. at toilet n. Compounds 2. [ < French eau de toilette (1771 or earlier) < eau eau n. + de de prep. + toilette toilet n.]

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1907 Yesterday's Shopping (1969) 537/3 Houbigant's Eau de Toilette..bot. 4/6.

1985 Times 23 Jan. 10/5 The continental man has never had any reservations about buying eau de toilette rather than aftershave.

g. eau-de-vie n. the French name for brandy. [ < French eau de vie, lit. ‘water of life’ (14th cent. in Middle French) < eau eau n. + de de prep. vie life (see vie n.¹), after post-classical Latin aqua vitae aqua vitae n.; compare water of life n.]

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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > brandy > [noun]

brandya1640

bingo1699

eau-de-vie1748

O.D.V.1839

jack-a-dandy1857

1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random II. xlii. 54 We..were treated at breakfast with chocolate and l'eau de vie, by our paramours.

1804 M. Wilmot Let. 24 Jan. in M. Wilmot & C. Wilmot Russ. Jrnls. (1934) i. 78 The desert was in another room, dry'd fruits, Cakes, and eau de vie.

1840 R. H. Barham Witches' Frolic in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 168 Many a flaggon Of double ale..and eau de vie.

1846 C. Dickens Pictures from Italy 86 He..produces a jorum of hot brandy and water; for that bottle..now holds nothing but the purest eau de vie.

1911 E. M. Clowes On Wallaby vii. 184 Delicately burning his spoonful of eau-de-vie over his coffee.

h. eau sucrée n. /o sukre/ water with sugar in it. [ < French eau sucrée (1553 in Middle French, or earlier) < eau eau n. + sucrée , feminine of sucré sweetened (12th cent. in Old French as socré , c1350 in Middle French as succré ; compare sugared adj.), past participle of sucrer to sweeten < sucre sugar n.; compare sugar-water n. at sugar n. Compounds 3a.]

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the world > food and drink > drink > water > [noun] > water and sugar

bouchet1706

eau sucrée1825

1825 H. Wilson Mem. iii. 69 The Frenchman..drank eau sucré, and studied in his dictionary.

1844 W. M. Thackeray Misc. Ess. (1885) 61 There was eau sucrée in the dining-room if the stalwart descendants of Du Guesclin were athirst.

a1845 R. H. Barham Lord of Thoulouse in Ingoldsby Legends (1847) 3rd Ser. 189 Lemonade, eau sucrée, and drinkables mild.

1872 E. Braddon Life in India viii. 314 Playing dominoes and drinking eau sucrée.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	eau
释义	eaun. /o/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French eau. Etymology: < French eau water (11th cent. in Old French as egua ) < classical Latin aqua water (see aqua n.¹). French for ‘water’, occurring in the names of several liquids, used as scents or in medicine, as See also ewe ardaunt n., ewrose n. a. eau-de-Cologne n. a perfume consisting of alcohol and various essential oils, originally made at Cologne; also (nonce-use) as a v. [ < French eau de Cologne (1762 or earlier) < eau eau n. + de de prep. + Cologne , the name of a city in the Rhine (see Cologne n.).] ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > [noun] > fragrant substance or perfume > specifically ewrosec1350 stacte1382 oil of rosesa1398 rose watera1398 sandalc1400 musk?a1425 damask water?1520 malabathrum1543 orris1545 civet1553 ambracan1555 rose cake1559 lavender-water1563 oil of spikenard1565 zibet1594 orange-flower water1595 orris powder?1600 spike-oil1611 angel water1634 cypress-powder1634 angelica1653 jasmine1670 jessamy1671 rosat1674 frangipane1676 marechale1676 orangery1676 tuberose1682 jasmine-water1750 otto1759 rose geranium1773 millefleurs1775 new-mown hay1789 attar1798 eau-de-Cologne1802 Cologne1814 dedes1817 eau de Portugal1825 verbena1837 rondeletia1838 bay-rum1840 Florida water1840 citronelle1841 patchouli1843 citronella1849 gardenia1851 sandalwood oil1851 Ess Bouquet1855 marmala water1857 mignonette1858 spikenard oil1861 sandalwood1865 serpolet1866 ylang-ylang1876 flower-water1886 lily1890 lilac1895 stephanotis1895 tea rose1897 chypre1898 Peau d'Espagne1898 violette de Parme1904 poppy1905 Parma violet1907 wallflower1907 1802 C. Wilmot Irish Peer on Continent (1920) 72 The Ladies most frequently have their Baths perfum'd with Eau de Cologne, Rose Water, or some perfume of that kind. 1823 Ld. Byron To Ld. Blessington 14 Apr. Neither lemon-juice nor eau de Cologne, nor any other eau. 1845 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 12 803 Her maid..comforted and eau-de-cologned her. 1855 E. C. Gaskell North & South I. xxii. 281 Mrs. Thornton bathed Margaret's temples with eau de Cologne. b. eau de Javelle n. see Javelle n. c. eau-de-Luce n. a medicinal preparation of alcohol, ammonia, and oil of amber, used in India as an antidote to snake-bites, and in England sometimes as smelling salts. [ < French eau de Luce (1750 or earlier) < eau eau n. + de de prep. + Luce, the name of an apothecary in Lille, though according to 18th-cent. sources this preparation was in fact invented by Du Balen, a Paris apothecary, and the name of a different preparation became transferred to it as a result of confusion; compare scientific Latin aqua Luciae (1773 or earlier).] ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > antidote > [noun] > antidotes to snake-bite serpent-stone1681 eau-de-Luce1756 antivenin1895 antivenom1897 the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > restoratives, tonics, or stimulants > [noun] > restoratives for faintness swooning-water1574 sal volatile1654 melancholy water1670 salt of hartshorn1680 sal1706 salt1740 eau-de-Luce1756 restorative1825 smelling-salts1841 salts-bottle1847 Preston salts1858 1756 Gentleman's Mag. 26 33 This gives you the genuine Eau de luce. 1808 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 19 492 The wounds were deeply scarified, and filled with eau de luce. 1852 T. Ross tr. A. von Humboldt Personal Narr. Trav. Amer. II. xxiv. 447 In vain have ammonia and eau-de-luce been tried against the Curare. d. eau-de-nil n. (also (erron.) eau-du-nil, eau-de-Nil) a pale green colour supposed to resemble that of the Nile. [ < French eau de Nil, lit. ‘water of (the) Nile’ (1853 or earlier denoting a colour) < eau eau n. + de de prep. + Nil , the name of the river Nile , a river in North and Eastern Central Africa (see Nile n.).] ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [noun] > shade or tint of green > light green willow-green1672 oil-green1673 lily-green1739 celadon1768 nascent green1839 ice-green1863 eau-de-nil1870 Nile green1871 absinthe1872 reseda1874 feuille1883 mignonette1883 chartreuse1884 water-green1884 mignonette-green1888 Nile1895 serpent1895 willow1922 peppermint1930 kelly1936 1870 Young Ladies' Jrnl. 7 482 A pretty toilette of eau-du-nil. 1890 Daily News 5 July 3/4 Costumes of the colours known as crevette and eau-de-Nil. 1891 Truth 10 Dec. 1240/2 A row of begonia leaves in eau-de-Nil velvet. 1905 E. F. Benson Image in Sand ix Four greens—eau-de-nil, vert-doré, aquamarine, and emerald—shone and shimmered together. 1928 Times 9 May 11/5 A robe de style of eau-de-nil tulle. 1960 Times 30 Jan. 7/4 Eau-de-nil and tilleul green. e. eau de Portugal n. a perfume comprising an essential oil known as essence of Portugal. [ < French eau de Portugal (1752 or earlier) < eau eau n. + de de prep. + Portugal , the name of the country (see Portugal n.).] ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > [noun] > fragrant substance or perfume > specifically ewrosec1350 stacte1382 oil of rosesa1398 rose watera1398 sandalc1400 musk?a1425 damask water?1520 malabathrum1543 orris1545 civet1553 ambracan1555 rose cake1559 lavender-water1563 oil of spikenard1565 zibet1594 orange-flower water1595 orris powder?1600 spike-oil1611 angel water1634 cypress-powder1634 angelica1653 jasmine1670 jessamy1671 rosat1674 frangipane1676 marechale1676 orangery1676 tuberose1682 jasmine-water1750 otto1759 rose geranium1773 millefleurs1775 new-mown hay1789 attar1798 eau-de-Cologne1802 Cologne1814 dedes1817 eau de Portugal1825 verbena1837 rondeletia1838 bay-rum1840 Florida water1840 citronelle1841 patchouli1843 citronella1849 gardenia1851 sandalwood oil1851 Ess Bouquet1855 marmala water1857 mignonette1858 spikenard oil1861 sandalwood1865 serpolet1866 ylang-ylang1876 flower-water1886 lily1890 lilac1895 stephanotis1895 tea rose1897 chypre1898 Peau d'Espagne1898 violette de Parme1904 poppy1905 Parma violet1907 wallflower1907 1825 H. Wilson Mem. 43 ‘A little Eau de Portugal would do no harm..’ I remarked,..alluding to his dislike of perfumery. 1848 E. C. Gaskell Mary Barton I. vi. 104 Did not I get you that eau de Portugal from town..? 1938 L. MacNeice Zoo xiv. 229 We poured a bottle of eau-de-Portugal over our heads. 1963 ‘M. Albrand’ Call from Austria vii. 64 He smelled of Eau de Portugal, the lotion he used on his hair; he smelled a little like an orange. f. eau de toilette n. = toilet water n. at toilet n. Compounds 2. [ < French eau de toilette (1771 or earlier) < eau eau n. + de de prep. + toilette toilet n.] ΚΠ 1907 Yesterday's Shopping (1969) 537/3 Houbigant's Eau de Toilette..bot. 4/6. 1985 Times 23 Jan. 10/5 The continental man has never had any reservations about buying eau de toilette rather than aftershave. g. eau-de-vie n. the French name for brandy. [ < French eau de vie, lit. ‘water of life’ (14th cent. in Middle French) < eau eau n. + de de prep. vie life (see vie n.¹), after post-classical Latin aqua vitae aqua vitae n.; compare water of life n.] ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > brandy > [noun] brandya1640 bingo1699 eau-de-vie1748 O.D.V.1839 jack-a-dandy1857 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random II. xlii. 54 We..were treated at breakfast with chocolate and l'eau de vie, by our paramours. 1804 M. Wilmot Let. 24 Jan. in M. Wilmot & C. Wilmot Russ. Jrnls. (1934) i. 78 The desert was in another room, dry'd fruits, Cakes, and eau de vie. 1840 R. H. Barham Witches' Frolic in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 168 Many a flaggon Of double ale..and eau de vie. 1846 C. Dickens Pictures from Italy 86 He..produces a jorum of hot brandy and water; for that bottle..now holds nothing but the purest eau de vie. 1911 E. M. Clowes On Wallaby vii. 184 Delicately burning his spoonful of eau-de-vie over his coffee. h. eau sucrée n. /o sukre/ water with sugar in it. [ < French eau sucrée (1553 in Middle French, or earlier) < eau eau n. + sucrée , feminine of sucré sweetened (12th cent. in Old French as socré , c1350 in Middle French as succré ; compare sugared adj.), past participle of sucrer to sweeten < sucre sugar n.; compare sugar-water n. at sugar n. Compounds 3a.] ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > water > [noun] > water and sugar bouchet1706 eau sucrée1825 1825 H. Wilson Mem. iii. 69 The Frenchman..drank eau sucré, and studied in his dictionary. 1844 W. M. Thackeray Misc. Ess. (1885) 61 There was eau sucrée in the dining-room if the stalwart descendants of Du Guesclin were athirst. a1845 R. H. Barham Lord of Thoulouse in Ingoldsby Legends (1847) 3rd Ser. 189 Lemonade, eau sucrée, and drinkables mild. 1872 E. Braddon Life in India viii. 314 Playing dominoes and drinking eau sucrée. 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