gambogianadj.n.

Brit.

/ɡamˈbəʊ(d)ʒɪən/,

/ɡamˈbəʊ(d)ʒ(ə)n/,

/ɡamˈbuːʒɪən/,

/ɡamˈbuːʒ(ə)n/, U.S.

/ɡæmˈboʊdʒ(i)ən/,

/ɡæmˈbuʒ(i)ən/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: gamboge n., -ian suffix.

Etymology: < gamboge n. + -ian suffix.

rare.

Having the yellow colour of gamboge; coloured with, or as if with, gamboge. Occasionally as n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [adjective]

yelloweOE

blaykec1400

jaune1430

flawc1450

jaundiced1640

flaxed1652

flave1657

flavous1666

blake1691

gambogian1837

1837 Monthly Rev. Aug. 475 [Charles Lamb, letter] The glories that I have observed to encircle the heads of saints and madonnas in those old paintings, have been mostly of a dirty drab-coloured yellow—a dull gambogian [1797 gambogium].

1873 Cambr. City (Indiana) Tribune 25 Dec. 1/6 His style is that of a superannuated Cicero, with no toga knocking against his shrunk shanks, but dressed in gambogian nankeen vest and modern clawhammer coat.

1919 C. S. Osborn Iron Hunter xvi. 150 Harvest fields are gambogian in their ripeness.

1941 N. Alley I Witness xvi. 153 The children laughed as they pointed at our ludicrous gambogian makeups.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gambogian
释义	gambogianadj.n. Brit. /ɡamˈbəʊ(d)ʒɪən/, /ɡamˈbəʊ(d)ʒ(ə)n/, /ɡamˈbuːʒɪən/, /ɡamˈbuːʒ(ə)n/, U.S. /ɡæmˈboʊdʒ(i)ən/, /ɡæmˈbuʒ(i)ən/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: gamboge n., -ian suffix. Etymology: < gamboge n. + -ian suffix. rare. Having the yellow colour of gamboge; coloured with, or as if with, gamboge. Occasionally as n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [adjective] yelloweOE blaykec1400 jaune1430 flawc1450 jaundiced1640 flaxed1652 flave1657 flavous1666 blake1691 gambogian1837 1837 Monthly Rev. Aug. 475 [Charles Lamb, letter] The glories that I have observed to encircle the heads of saints and madonnas in those old paintings, have been mostly of a dirty drab-coloured yellow—a dull gambogian [1797 gambogium]. 1873 Cambr. City (Indiana) Tribune 25 Dec. 1/6 His style is that of a superannuated Cicero, with no toga knocking against his shrunk shanks, but dressed in gambogian nankeen vest and modern clawhammer coat. 1919 C. S. Osborn Iron Hunter xvi. 150 Harvest fields are gambogian in their ripeness. 1941 N. Alley I Witness xvi. 153 The children laughed as they pointed at our ludicrous gambogian makeups. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1837
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