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单词 filemot
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filemotadj.n.

/ˈfɪlɪmɒt/
Forms: α. 1600s folimort, folimot, 1600s–1700s feuill(e)mort, (1600s fueillemort, fuil-de-mort), f(i)eulamo(r)t, fi(l)-amo(r)t, fi(l)-imot, (1700s foliomort), 1700s–1800s fillemot, 1700s– filemot. β. 1600s philiamort, phyliamort, phyllamort, 1600s–1700s philemort, 1600s–1800s philamot, (1700s philamort), philomot, 1800s phil(l)imot.
Etymology: A corruption of feuillemorte adj.
A. adj.
a. = feuillemorte adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [adjective] > yellowish brown > dead leaf colour
filemot1647
feuillemorte1690
dead leaf1864
1647 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs 98 Her fieulamort old gownes he begs.
1661 T. Blount Peacham's Compl. Gentleman (new ed.) xiv. 157 Of the signification of Colours... Folimot, Withered.
1687 A. Lovell tr. C. de Bergerac Comical Hist. i. 138 And contents himself with an old Fuil-de-mort Cloak.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 247/1 The Wings of a Feuill-mort colour.
1698 J. Petiver in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 20 334 They are of a Tawny or Phyllamort Colour.
1702 London Gaz. No. 3835/4 A Feulamort Persian Silk.
1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 265. ¶5 One of them was Blew, another Yellow, and another Philomot.
1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xvii. 246 The leaves fade first to purple and then to feuillemort colour.
1840 R. Browning Sordello ii. 313 Let Vidal change..His murrey-coloured robe for philamot, And crop his hair.
1880 L. Wallace Ben-Hur 177 Each compartment crowded with labelled folios all filemot with age and use.
b. Combination filemot-coloured adj.
ΚΠ
1681 J. Chetham Angler's Vade Mecum xxxiv. 127 Philomot coloured Mo-hairs.
1847 G. P. R. James John Marston Hall xxvii A fillemot-coloured cloak lined with light blue.
B. n.
The name of a colour, viz. that of a dead or faded leaf; (may have a plural).
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [noun] > yellowish brown > dead leaf colour
filemotc1640
leaf brown1869
c1640 Capt. Underwit ii. ii, in A. H. Bullen Coll. Old Eng. Plays (1883) II. 345 Shall I decipher my Colours to you now?..Folimort is withered, [etc.].
1655 W. Rokeby in Surtees Misc. (1858) 16 I would have it trimmed with a..philamot or some pretty colour.
1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 3 Instead of the fresh and lively greenes..these [islands] were apparell'd with Russets, or at best Phyliamorts.
1659 R. Lovelace Poems (1864) 169 Lucasta..'stills new life in fields of fueillemort.
1703 M. Martin Descr. W. Islands Scotl. 135 It's of a dark colour, and only dyes a Philamot.
1707 C. Cibber Double Gallant (ed. 2) i. 5 A mottly crowd of Blacks, Tawny, Olives, Feulamots, and pale Blews.
1745 J. Swift Direct. to Servants 58 The Colours you ought to wish for, are Blue, or Filemot, turn'd up with Red.
1841 Brand's Observ. Pop. Antiq. II. 173 The Egyptians [use] yellow, or fillemot.
1844 G. P. R. James Agincourt I. 37 His tight-fitting hose were of a light philimot, or brownish yellow.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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