ambergrisn.

Brit.

/ˈambəɡriːs/,

/ˈambəɡrɪs/,

/ˈambəɡriː/, U.S.

/ˈæmbərˌɡrɪs/,

/ˈæmbərˌɡris/,

/ˈæmbərˌɡri/

Forms:

α. late Middle English ambergrys, late Middle English ambregrice, late Middle English imbergres, 1500s ambargriese, 1500s ambergraece, 1500s ambergrese, 1500s ambergreyce, 1500s–1600s ambargrise, 1500s–1600s ambergreace, 1500s–1600s ambergrece, 1500s (Scottish)–1600s ambergreis, 1500s–1600s ambergres, 1500s–1600s ambergrize, 1500s–1600s ambergryse, 1500s–1700s ambergreece, 1500s–1700s ambergreese, 1500s–1700s ambergriese, 1500s–1700s ambergrise, 1500s– ambergris, 1600s ambargrease, 1600s ambargreece, 1600s ambargrice, 1600s ambargris, 1600s ambargryse, 1600s ambergrees, 1600s ambergreez, 1600s ambergreeze, 1600s ambergreice, 1600s ambergreisse (Scottish), 1600s ambergriece, 1600s ambergriss, 1600s ambergriz, 1600s ambregris, 1600s–1700s ambergreise, 1600s–1800s ambergrease.

β. 1600s ambragresia.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French ambre grise, ambre gris.

Etymology: < Middle French ambre grise, feminine (1426), ambre gris, masculine (1491 or earlier; French ambre gris ) < ambre amber n.² + gris grey (see gris adj.). The substance is so called on account of its characteristic colour. Compare grey amber at amber n.² 8. In early use in French, both the product of the whale and the fossil resin were denoted by the simplex amber n.² (similarly in many other European languages); in later use, the product of the whale was usually distinguished (as ‘grey amber’) from the fossil resin or ‘yellow amber’ (Middle French, French ambre jaune : see amber n.²).Compare Italian ambra grigia (1544). In form ambragresia after post-classical Latin ambragrisea, ambregrisea, ambra grisia (respectively 1599, 1620, 1622 in British sources). Many forms show folk-etymological association either with the name of Greece (see Grecian adj. and n.) or with grease n. (compare forms at that entry). Compare amber-de-grece, and also gris-amber, greece of amber (recorded in the 17th cent.), e.g.:1542 A. Borde Compend. Regyment Helth viii. sig. E.ii Perfumed with amber degrece.c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) iii. 978 His beard, perfumde with greece of amber.1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd ii. 344 In pastry built, or from the spit, or boyl'd, Gris-amber-steam'd.

A wax-like substance having a brownish grey colour and a sweet earthy scent, formed as a natural secretion in the bile duct of sperm whales, which is occasionally found floating in the sea or washed up on coasts around the Atlantic, Indian, and western Pacific oceans, and has long been used in perfumery.Ambergris is perhaps secreted to lubricate hard food items in the intestine of the whale. As well as being used as a component and fixative in perfumes, it has been used as a flavouring and (formerly) in medicines. Because of its rarity it is now often replaced with synthetic alternatives. Cf. amber adj. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > suborder Odontoceti > [noun] > family Physeteridae > genus Physeter (sperm whale) > parts of > ambergris

amberc1390

ambergris?a1425

black amber1658

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 173^v (MED) R[ecipe]..ambre grice i. grey ambre [L. ambre grise]..be þer made vnguent.

1482 in J. P. Collier Househ. Bks. John Duke of Norfolk & Thomas Earl of Surrey (1844) 202 Item, imbergres j.lb., price xij.d.

1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 68 Confortatives of the Harte hotte..Ambergrise, etc.

1604 T. Dekker & T. Middleton Honest Whore iii. ii. 27 He smells all of Muske and Amber greece.

1622 M. Drayton 2nd Pt. Poly-olbion xx. 13 Their lips they sweetned had with costly Ambergris.

1673 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 8 6115 Amber-Greece is not the Scum or Excrement of the Whale, etc.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VI. 221 These balls of amber-grease are not found in all fishes of this kind, but chiefly in the oldest and strongest.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 442 Something had been put into his [sc. Charles II's] favourite dish of eggs and ambergrease.

1874 tr. G. Hartwig Aerial World ii. 24 Haller relates that some papers perfumed with a grain of ambergris still retained a strong odour after forty years.

1925 Amer. Mercury May 107/1 She can hardly breathe for the overpowering odors of opoponax and ambergris.

1957 S. J. Perelman Road to Miltown 53 I was also to keep a sharp lookout for ambergris, lumps of which were constantly being picked up by wide-awake boys and found to be worth forty thousand dollars.

2010 Independent 11 Sept. (Mag.) 42/1 It's a warm and sensual fragrance which leads you through a rush of citrus,..a ‘main story’ of peach and touches of ambergris, vanilla and Orris.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	ambergris
释义	ambergrisn. Brit. /ˈambəɡriːs/, /ˈambəɡrɪs/, /ˈambəɡriː/, U.S. /ˈæmbərˌɡrɪs/, /ˈæmbərˌɡris/, /ˈæmbərˌɡri/ Forms: α. late Middle English ambergrys, late Middle English ambregrice, late Middle English imbergres, 1500s ambargriese, 1500s ambergraece, 1500s ambergrese, 1500s ambergreyce, 1500s–1600s ambargrise, 1500s–1600s ambergreace, 1500s–1600s ambergrece, 1500s (Scottish)–1600s ambergreis, 1500s–1600s ambergres, 1500s–1600s ambergrize, 1500s–1600s ambergryse, 1500s–1700s ambergreece, 1500s–1700s ambergreese, 1500s–1700s ambergriese, 1500s–1700s ambergrise, 1500s– ambergris, 1600s ambargrease, 1600s ambargreece, 1600s ambargrice, 1600s ambargris, 1600s ambargryse, 1600s ambergrees, 1600s ambergreez, 1600s ambergreeze, 1600s ambergreice, 1600s ambergreisse (Scottish), 1600s ambergriece, 1600s ambergriss, 1600s ambergriz, 1600s ambregris, 1600s–1700s ambergreise, 1600s–1800s ambergrease. β. 1600s ambragresia. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French ambre grise, ambre gris. Etymology: < Middle French ambre grise, feminine (1426), ambre gris, masculine (1491 or earlier; French ambre gris ) < ambre amber n.² + gris grey (see gris adj.). The substance is so called on account of its characteristic colour. Compare grey amber at amber n.² 8. In early use in French, both the product of the whale and the fossil resin were denoted by the simplex amber n.² (similarly in many other European languages); in later use, the product of the whale was usually distinguished (as ‘grey amber’) from the fossil resin or ‘yellow amber’ (Middle French, French ambre jaune : see amber n.²).Compare Italian ambra grigia (1544). In form ambragresia after post-classical Latin ambragrisea, ambregrisea, ambra grisia (respectively 1599, 1620, 1622 in British sources). Many forms show folk-etymological association either with the name of Greece (see Grecian adj. and n.) or with grease n. (compare forms at that entry). Compare amber-de-grece, and also gris-amber, greece of amber (recorded in the 17th cent.), e.g.:1542 A. Borde Compend. Regyment Helth viii. sig. E.ii Perfumed with amber degrece.c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) iii. 978 His beard, perfumde with greece of amber.1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd ii. 344 In pastry built, or from the spit, or boyl'd, Gris-amber-steam'd. A wax-like substance having a brownish grey colour and a sweet earthy scent, formed as a natural secretion in the bile duct of sperm whales, which is occasionally found floating in the sea or washed up on coasts around the Atlantic, Indian, and western Pacific oceans, and has long been used in perfumery.Ambergris is perhaps secreted to lubricate hard food items in the intestine of the whale. As well as being used as a component and fixative in perfumes, it has been used as a flavouring and (formerly) in medicines. Because of its rarity it is now often replaced with synthetic alternatives. Cf. amber adj. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > suborder Odontoceti > [noun] > family Physeteridae > genus Physeter (sperm whale) > parts of > ambergris amberc1390 ambergris?a1425 black amber1658 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 173^v (MED) R[ecipe]..ambre grice i. grey ambre [L. ambre grise]..be þer made vnguent. 1482 in J. P. Collier Househ. Bks. John Duke of Norfolk & Thomas Earl of Surrey (1844) 202 Item, imbergres j.lb., price xij.d. 1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 68 Confortatives of the Harte hotte..Ambergrise, etc. 1604 T. Dekker & T. Middleton Honest Whore iii. ii. 27 He smells all of Muske and Amber greece. 1622 M. Drayton 2nd Pt. Poly-olbion xx. 13 Their lips they sweetned had with costly Ambergris. 1673 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 8 6115 Amber-Greece is not the Scum or Excrement of the Whale, etc. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VI. 221 These balls of amber-grease are not found in all fishes of this kind, but chiefly in the oldest and strongest. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 442 Something had been put into his [sc. Charles II's] favourite dish of eggs and ambergrease. 1874 tr. G. Hartwig Aerial World ii. 24 Haller relates that some papers perfumed with a grain of ambergris still retained a strong odour after forty years. 1925 Amer. Mercury May 107/1 She can hardly breathe for the overpowering odors of opoponax and ambergris. 1957 S. J. Perelman Road to Miltown 53 I was also to keep a sharp lookout for ambergris, lumps of which were constantly being picked up by wide-awake boys and found to be worth forty thousand dollars. 2010 Independent 11 Sept. (Mag.) 42/1 It's a warm and sensual fragrance which leads you through a rush of citrus,..a ‘main story’ of peach and touches of ambergris, vanilla and Orris. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.?a1425
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