flamingon.

Brit.

/fləˈmɪŋɡəʊ/, U.S.

/fləˈmɪŋɡoʊ/

Forms: 1500s ( fleming), flemengo, 1600s–1700s flemingo, flamenco, 1600s– flamingo. See also fleming n.², flaman n.

Etymology: < Portuguese flamengo, Spanish flamenco, Provençal flamenc, according to Hatzfeld & Darmesteter < Romance flama flame n. + suffix -enc ( < Germanic -ing) often appended in Provençal and occasionally in Old French to nouns of Latin origin. The French name, flamant, is believed to be an alteration of the Provençal form; compare Old French ferrant iron-gray, < ferrenc. So called from the colour.

a. A bird of the genus Phœnicopterus, with bright scarlet plumage, extremely long and slender legs and neck, and a heavy bent bill.

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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Phoenicopteridae (flamingo)

phoenicopter1570

flamingo1589

passer-flamingo1610

flaman1706

fleming1708

red flamingo1785

red flammant1785

1589 J. Sparke in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations iii. 542 The foule of the fresh riuers..whereof the Flemengo is one, hauing all redde fethers.

1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 212 Sundry other Birds, as..Passe-flemingoes.

1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World iv. 70 I saw a few Flamingo, which is a sort of large Fowl.

1867 J. Ingelow Songs Voices Birds: Sandmartins Where rosy-winged flamingos fish all day.

b. The deep pink colour of the flamingo.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun] > shades of red > pale red or pink > bright pink

strawberry pink1675

crevette1884

shrimp1895

flamingo1897

cyclamen1923

shocking pink1938

1897 Westm. Gaz. 5 June 7/1 The poor little flamingo~caped lassies.

1923 Daily Mail 29 Jan. 1/4 In shades of Powder Blue,..Cyclamen,..Flamingo, Pink.

1923 Daily Mail 12 June 15 Favourite Colour of the Season is Flamingo.

1927 V. Woolf To Lighthouse i. iv. 38 Lovely evenings, with all their flamingo clouds and blue and silver.

Compounds

C1. attributive and in other combinations, as flamingo-legged adj.

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > leg > [adjective] > types of > having

jamby?a1400

well-legged1566

spindle-shankedc1600

spindle-shank1604

post-legged1608

splay-legged1638

duck-legged1650

stalk-legged1659

long-limbed1660

sharp-shinned1704

spindle-legged1710

leggy1776

red-legged1817

flamingo-legged1862

thick-legged1873

split-up1874

pin-legged1884

lank-legged1906

straddly1921

1862 G. W. Thornbury Life J. M. W. Turner I. 14 A flamingo-legged footman.

C2.

flamingo flower n. (also flamingo plant) a name for Anthurium scherzerianum.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > non-British flowers > tropical flowers > tail-flower

anthurium1833

flamingo flower1882

tail-flower1884

1882 Garden 1 Apr. 212/2 The Flamingo flower.

1882 Garden 9 Sept. 226/1 The Flamingo plant.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	flamingo
释义	flamingon. Brit. /fləˈmɪŋɡəʊ/, U.S. /fləˈmɪŋɡoʊ/ Forms: 1500s ( fleming), flemengo, 1600s–1700s flemingo, flamenco, 1600s– flamingo. See also fleming n.², flaman n. Etymology: < Portuguese flamengo, Spanish flamenco, Provençal flamenc, according to Hatzfeld & Darmesteter < Romance flama flame n. + suffix -enc ( < Germanic -ing) often appended in Provençal and occasionally in Old French to nouns of Latin origin. The French name, flamant, is believed to be an alteration of the Provençal form; compare Old French ferrant iron-gray, < ferrenc. So called from the colour. a. A bird of the genus Phœnicopterus, with bright scarlet plumage, extremely long and slender legs and neck, and a heavy bent bill. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Phoenicopteridae (flamingo) phoenicopter1570 flamingo1589 passer-flamingo1610 flaman1706 fleming1708 red flamingo1785 red flammant1785 1589 J. Sparke in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations iii. 542 The foule of the fresh riuers..whereof the Flemengo is one, hauing all redde fethers. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 212 Sundry other Birds, as..Passe-flemingoes. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World iv. 70 I saw a few Flamingo, which is a sort of large Fowl. 1867 J. Ingelow Songs Voices Birds: Sandmartins Where rosy-winged flamingos fish all day. b. The deep pink colour of the flamingo. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun] > shades of red > pale red or pink > bright pink strawberry pink1675 crevette1884 shrimp1895 flamingo1897 cyclamen1923 shocking pink1938 1897 Westm. Gaz. 5 June 7/1 The poor little flamingo~caped lassies. 1923 Daily Mail 29 Jan. 1/4 In shades of Powder Blue,..Cyclamen,..Flamingo, Pink. 1923 Daily Mail 12 June 15 Favourite Colour of the Season is Flamingo. 1927 V. Woolf To Lighthouse i. iv. 38 Lovely evenings, with all their flamingo clouds and blue and silver. Compounds C1. attributive and in other combinations, as flamingo-legged adj. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > leg > [adjective] > types of > having jamby?a1400 well-legged1566 spindle-shankedc1600 spindle-shank1604 post-legged1608 splay-legged1638 duck-legged1650 stalk-legged1659 long-limbed1660 sharp-shinned1704 spindle-legged1710 leggy1776 red-legged1817 flamingo-legged1862 thick-legged1873 split-up1874 pin-legged1884 lank-legged1906 straddly1921 1862 G. W. Thornbury Life J. M. W. Turner I. 14 A flamingo-legged footman. C2. flamingo flower n. (also flamingo plant) a name for Anthurium scherzerianum. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > non-British flowers > tropical flowers > tail-flower anthurium1833 flamingo flower1882 tail-flower1884 1882 Garden 1 Apr. 212/2 The Flamingo flower. 1882 Garden 9 Sept. 226/1 The Flamingo plant. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1589
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