单词 | goldy |
释义 | goldyadj. Chiefly somewhat colloquial in later use. Golden, esp. in colour; somewhat golden. Also: gold-like; resembling gold in colour or lustre. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [adjective] > golden yellow gildenOE goldena1382 goldya1398 dory1398 goldc1400 goldisha1425 sunlyc1425 goldlya1450 aureatec1450 gildedc1450 giltenc1450 scorn-golda1586 Pactolian1586 aureal1587 gold colour1648 gold-coloured1674 spun gold1728 aurulent1731 aurelian1791 deaurated1818 Tuscan1830 corn-coloured1854 old gold1877 buttercup yellow1880 aureoline1881 sun gold1887 Tuscan-coloured1905 guinea-gold1938 spun-golden1978 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. xci. 982 Þe flour þerof is..likyng in siȝt, wiþ goldy graynes conteyned wiþinne þe holownesse. a1450 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1911) 127 325 (MED) As ofte as sondys be in the salte se, And goldy grauel in the rich[e] stremys. ?1518 A. Barclay tr. D. Mancinus Myrrour Good Maners sig. E.i One of the samnytes..Layd forth goldy gyftes, whiche he had to the brought. 1593 B. Barnes Parthenophil & Parthenophe 14 She matcheth..In goldie-lockes bright Tytan. 1594 Zepheria xxxiii. sig. F There, in her goldie leaues my loue is writ. 1632 J. Vicars tr. Virgil XII Aeneids v. 130 His Salius he did munerate With a faire lions skin, with haire most rough, And goldy claws. 1683 J. Pettus tr. L. Ercker ii. i. 102 in Fleta Minor i Some white flints which have no Copper at all, and but a little silver, and are goldy. a1861 T. Winthrop John Brent (1864) iii. 33 ‘I don't think that quartz looks quite so goldy as it did at a distance,’ said he. 1865 All Year Round 29 July 14/1 Her hair was ‘goldy’, as Nan said. 1904 R. Bridges Demeter 81 Now maids playfully dance o'er enamel'd meadows, And with goldy blossom deck forehead and bosom. 1920 J. Galsworthy Awakening 35 There were silver threads in her dark goldy hair. 1992 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 29 June 9 Eventually I was conscious of this white, bright, goldy light and being drawn towards that. 2000 Minx Aug. 65/2 It manages to..be all goldy without even a suggestion of orange. Compounds C1. Modifying colour words to form adjectives and nouns, as goldy-brown, etc. ΚΠ 1870 A. D. T. Whitney We Girls viii. 129 That piece of goldy-brown damask. 1891 Outing Jan. 306/1 She is a striking looking girl, with the goldy bronze hair so many women are vainly trying to acquire. 1914 Cent. Mag. Dec. 177/2 She wore the shade of pale, goldy-yellow that is most breath-taking with red hair. 1939 ‘J. Struther’ Mrs. Miniver 277 The feathery goldy-green mass. 1969 ‘J. Morris’ Fever Grass v. 57 The room was illuminated with a soft, goldy-bronze glow. 2012 Sunday Mail (Austral.) (Nexis) 15 Apr. 22 The only colour that pops here is that goldy-orange. C2. Forming parasynthetic adjectives, as goldy-coloured, goldy-locked, etc. ΚΠ 1607 B. Jonson Volpone i. ii. sig. B2v The Soule..made quicke transmigration To goldy-lockt Euphorbus. View more context for this quotation 1732 J. Ozell tr. Molière Miser iv. v. 59 Are those young goldy-lock'd Striplings Men? 1884 Frank Leslie's Pleasant Hours 35 413/1 One of those goldy-haired, dark-eyed Parisian houris. 1921 Everybody's Mag. July 122 His features are strong, and then with that fair hair and those goldy-colored eyes. 1947 J. Steinbeck Wayward Bus ix. 150 Little goldy-backed ferns clung to the gravel and dripped with rain. 2004 J. Denby Billie Morgan xv. 115 How about a goldy-coloured scarf, it'd look lovely with your complexion. C3. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > rock crystal > [noun] > aventurine venturine-stone1775 aventurine1858 goldy-stone1860 the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > tectosilicate > [noun] > quartz > cryptocrystalline quartz > chert > aventurine venturine-stone1775 aventurine1858 goldy-stone1860 1860 C. W. King Antique Gems i. 63 The true Aventurine, or Goldie-stone, is a brownish semi-transparent quartz, full of specks of yellow mica. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1398 |
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