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单词 isabelline
释义

isabellineadj.

/ɪzəˈbɛliːn//ɪzəˈbɛlɪn//ɪzəˈbɛlʌɪn/
Etymology: < Isabel n. + -ine suffix1.
Of an Isabella colour, greyish yellow. isabelline bear: a variety of the Syrian bear, found in the Himalaya Mountains, of a yellowish-brown colour; the Indian white bear; cf. Isabella adj. Compounds.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [adjective] > greyish yellow
Isabella1600
Isabella-coloured1681
isabelline1859
fauchie1911
1859 H. B. Tristram in Ibis 1 430 The upper plumage of every bird, whether Lark, Chat, Sylvian, or Sand-grouse..is of one uniform isabelline or sand colour.
1889 Cornhill Mag. Mar. 307 The smaller denizens of the desert..must be quite uniformly isabelline or sand-coloured.
1893 R. Lydekker Horns & Hoofs 198 The face is of the same isabelline tint as the body.

Compounds

isabelline-hued adj.
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1883 Athenæum 15 Sept. 336/3 We turn with a sigh of relief to the old leather-covered, isabelline-hued copies of the angling patriarch.
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adj.1859
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