† electrineadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin ēlectrinus.

Etymology: < classical Latin ēlectrinus made of the alloy of silver and gold called electrum (2nd cent. a.d.), made of amber (1605 in a British source) < Hellenistic Greek ἠλέκτρινος made of amber, made of electrum < ancient Greek ἠλέκτρον electrum n. + -ινος -ine suffix².

Obsolete.

1. Resembling or characteristic of amber, esp. in relation to its ability to develop static electricity (cf. electric adj. 1a).

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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > [adjective] > relating to electricity generated by friction > developing static

electrical1616

electrica1626

electrine1656

electral1673

idio-electric1784

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Electrine, pertaining to, or that is made of Amber.

a1687 H. More in Divine Dialogues (1713) 560 They supposed it to contain an Electrine Principle in it.

1694 E. Lhuyd Let. 13 Mar. in R. T. Gunther Early Sci. Oxf. (1945) XIV. 232 Ye Amber Stones..I took..to be onely electrine spars & no great rarity.

2. Made of the alloy of silver and gold called electrum. rare.

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > alloy > [adjective] > made of or coated with other specific alloys

occamy1639

electrine1677

pinchbeck1743

bell-metal1782

amalgamed1789

red-gold1872

1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 311 It was no matter in a Legacy of Electrine vessels, how much Silver or Electrum was in them.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	electrine
释义	† electrineadj. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin ēlectrinus. Etymology: < classical Latin ēlectrinus made of the alloy of silver and gold called electrum (2nd cent. a.d.), made of amber (1605 in a British source) < Hellenistic Greek ἠλέκτρινος made of amber, made of electrum < ancient Greek ἠλέκτρον electrum n. + -ινος -ine suffix². Obsolete. 1. Resembling or characteristic of amber, esp. in relation to its ability to develop static electricity (cf. electric adj. 1a). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > [adjective] > relating to electricity generated by friction > developing static electrical1616 electrica1626 electrine1656 electral1673 idio-electric1784 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Electrine, pertaining to, or that is made of Amber. a1687 H. More in Divine Dialogues (1713) 560 They supposed it to contain an Electrine Principle in it. 1694 E. Lhuyd Let. 13 Mar. in R. T. Gunther Early Sci. Oxf. (1945) XIV. 232 Ye Amber Stones..I took..to be onely electrine spars & no great rarity. 2. Made of the alloy of silver and gold called electrum. rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > alloy > [adjective] > made of or coated with other specific alloys occamy1639 electrine1677 pinchbeck1743 bell-metal1782 amalgamed1789 red-gold1872 1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 311 It was no matter in a Legacy of Electrine vessels, how much Silver or Electrum was in them. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1656
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