glaucousadj.

Brit.

/ˈɡlɔːkəs/, U.S.

/ˈɡlɔkəs/,

/ˈɡlɑkəs/

Etymology: < Latin glaucus ( < Greek γλαυκός) bluish-green or grey + -ous suffix.

Chiefly Natural History.

a. Of a dull or pale green colour passing into greyish blue; spec. in Botany covered with ‘bloom’.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [adjective] > bluish green

glaucy1593

sea-green1603

wave-green1626

aeruginous1646

glaucous1671

eruginary1681

verdazurine1681

blue-green1704

bluish-green1754

caesious1835

verditer1857

verd-azure1876

verdigrisy1897

the world > plants > part of plant > plant substances > [adjective] > covered with bloom or powdery deposit

bloomy1700

glaucose1714

glaucous1750

pruinose1784

glaucine1829

glaucescent1836

pruinate1858

pruinous1890

1671 Ray in Rem. (1760) 182 The Leaves are small, of a Glaucous Colour.

1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados 118 A reddish stalk, generally clouded over with a glaucous mealiness.

1816 R. Southey Poet's Pilgrimage to Waterloo iii. 26 The vigorous olive..Tower'd high, and spread its glaucous foliage wide.

1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound ii. i. 64 Under the glaucous caverns of old Ocean.

a1862 H. D. Thoreau Maine Woods (1864) iii. 270 The dark mountains..were seen through a glaucous mist.

1862 Symonds in Biog. (1895) I. 202 The eyes are small, and very glaucous grey.

1863 M. J. Berkeley Handbk. Brit. Mosses iii. 17 The leaves vary from bright or glaucous green to..brown, red or purple.

1874 E. Coues Birds Northwest 420 Eggs of both these birds sometimes show a peculiar glaucous cast, something like the ‘bloom’ on a grape.

1880 A. Gray Struct. Bot. 413/2 Glaucous, covered or whitened with a bloom, like that on a Cabbage leaf.

b. glaucous gull n. a name for Larus glaucus, from the colour of its plumage.

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the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Laridae (gulls and terns) > [noun] > member of genus Larus (gull) > larus hyperboreus (glaucous gull)

burgomaster1678

faskidar1703

glaucus1785

glaucous gull1828

1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. I. 310 Glaucous Gull. The Burgomaster of the Dutch. Back, shoulders, and wing-coverts, bluish cinereous.

1878 A. H. Markham Great Frozen Sea iv. 58 The glaucous gull and the pretty kittiwake soared above our heads.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	glaucous
释义	glaucousadj. Brit. /ˈɡlɔːkəs/, U.S. /ˈɡlɔkəs/, /ˈɡlɑkəs/ Etymology: < Latin glaucus ( < Greek γλαυκός) bluish-green or grey + -ous suffix. Chiefly Natural History. a. Of a dull or pale green colour passing into greyish blue; spec. in Botany covered with ‘bloom’. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [adjective] > bluish green glaucy1593 sea-green1603 wave-green1626 aeruginous1646 glaucous1671 eruginary1681 verdazurine1681 blue-green1704 bluish-green1754 caesious1835 verditer1857 verd-azure1876 verdigrisy1897 the world > plants > part of plant > plant substances > [adjective] > covered with bloom or powdery deposit bloomy1700 glaucose1714 glaucous1750 pruinose1784 glaucine1829 glaucescent1836 pruinate1858 pruinous1890 1671 Ray in Rem. (1760) 182 The Leaves are small, of a Glaucous Colour. 1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados 118 A reddish stalk, generally clouded over with a glaucous mealiness. 1816 R. Southey Poet's Pilgrimage to Waterloo iii. 26 The vigorous olive..Tower'd high, and spread its glaucous foliage wide. 1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound ii. i. 64 Under the glaucous caverns of old Ocean. a1862 H. D. Thoreau Maine Woods (1864) iii. 270 The dark mountains..were seen through a glaucous mist. 1862 Symonds in Biog. (1895) I. 202 The eyes are small, and very glaucous grey. 1863 M. J. Berkeley Handbk. Brit. Mosses iii. 17 The leaves vary from bright or glaucous green to..brown, red or purple. 1874 E. Coues Birds Northwest 420 Eggs of both these birds sometimes show a peculiar glaucous cast, something like the ‘bloom’ on a grape. 1880 A. Gray Struct. Bot. 413/2 Glaucous, covered or whitened with a bloom, like that on a Cabbage leaf. b. glaucous gull n. a name for Larus glaucus, from the colour of its plumage. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Laridae (gulls and terns) > [noun] > member of genus Larus (gull) > larus hyperboreus (glaucous gull) burgomaster1678 faskidar1703 glaucus1785 glaucous gull1828 1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. I. 310 Glaucous Gull. The Burgomaster of the Dutch. Back, shoulders, and wing-coverts, bluish cinereous. 1878 A. H. Markham Great Frozen Sea iv. 58 The glaucous gull and the pretty kittiwake soared above our heads. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1671
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