auburnadj.

/ˈɔːbəːn/

Forms: Middle English–1600s aborne, abourne, 1500s alborne, auberne, aberne, 1500s–1600s auborn(e, abourn, aburn(e, 1800s auburne, 1700s– auburn; also 1500s abron, abrun(e, 1600s abroun, abrown.

Etymology: < Old French alborne, auborne < Latin alburnus (= subalbus , Du Cange) nearly white, whitish. In 16–17th cent. written abron , abrune , abroun (compare apron n., aperne), which probably originated, or at least encouraged, the idea that auburn was a kind of brown (an etymology actually adopted by Richardson), and so helped to modify the signification of the word.

a. originally. Of a yellowish- or brownish-white colour; now, of a golden-brown or ruddy-brown colour.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > hair > colour of hair > [adjective] > other

auburn1430

mousy1888

the world > life > the body > hair > colour of hair > [adjective] > red

redc1275

auburn1591

Abraham?1592

sorrel1600

Abram1602

sandy-coloured1661

carrot1671

carrot-coloured1684

Judas colour1695

carroty1696

sandy1734

gingery1844

Titian1863

gingerous1864

1430 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy ii. xv Aborne heyr crispyng for thicknesse.

1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde ii. xvii. 103 The rayes of the sonne make the heer of a man abourne or blounde.

1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 2 Heare blacke or darke aburne.

1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe i. f. xxx Alborne heere & yelowe heere comethe of a gentyll nature.

1574 J. Baret Aluearie A 613 Light Auborne. Subflauus..Subrutilus.

1576 T. Newton tr. L. Lemnie Touchstone of Complexions i. vi. f. 36^v Fayre aburne or chesten colour.

1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Rojo Abrun headed, Subrufus.

1597 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 1st 3 Bks. iii. v. 60 Whose curled head, With abron locks was fairely furnished.

a1649 W. Drummond Hist. James I in Wks. (1711) 16 His Hair was Abourn, a Colour between White and Red.

a1697 in Masson Milton (1859) I. 275 ‘He had light brown hair,’ continues Aubrey,—putting the word ‘abrown’ (‘auburn’) in the margin by way of synonym for ‘light brown.’

1808 W. Scott Marmion v. ix. 253 And auburn of the darkest dye, His short curled beard and hair.

1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. vi. 132 The rays..lit up her pale red hair to auburn.

b. absol. quasi-n.

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1852 D. M. Moir Christmas Musings v, in Wks. II. 254 Thy tresses in the breeze Floating their auburn.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	auburn
释义	auburnadj. /ˈɔːbəːn/ Forms: Middle English–1600s aborne, abourne, 1500s alborne, auberne, aberne, 1500s–1600s auborn(e, abourn, aburn(e, 1800s auburne, 1700s– auburn; also 1500s abron, abrun(e, 1600s abroun, abrown. Etymology: < Old French alborne, auborne < Latin alburnus (= subalbus , Du Cange) nearly white, whitish. In 16–17th cent. written abron , abrune , abroun (compare apron n., aperne), which probably originated, or at least encouraged, the idea that auburn was a kind of brown (an etymology actually adopted by Richardson), and so helped to modify the signification of the word. a. originally. Of a yellowish- or brownish-white colour; now, of a golden-brown or ruddy-brown colour. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > colour of hair > [adjective] > other auburn1430 mousy1888 the world > life > the body > hair > colour of hair > [adjective] > red redc1275 auburn1591 Abraham?1592 sorrel1600 Abram1602 sandy-coloured1661 carrot1671 carrot-coloured1684 Judas colour1695 carroty1696 sandy1734 gingery1844 Titian1863 gingerous1864 1430 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy ii. xv Aborne heyr crispyng for thicknesse. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde ii. xvii. 103 The rayes of the sonne make the heer of a man abourne or blounde. 1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 2 Heare blacke or darke aburne. 1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe i. f. xxx Alborne heere & yelowe heere comethe of a gentyll nature. 1574 J. Baret Aluearie A 613 Light Auborne. Subflauus..Subrutilus. 1576 T. Newton tr. L. Lemnie Touchstone of Complexions i. vi. f. 36^v Fayre aburne or chesten colour. 1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Rojo Abrun headed, Subrufus. 1597 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 1st 3 Bks. iii. v. 60 Whose curled head, With abron locks was fairely furnished. a1649 W. Drummond Hist. James I in Wks. (1711) 16 His Hair was Abourn, a Colour between White and Red. a1697 in Masson Milton (1859) I. 275 ‘He had light brown hair,’ continues Aubrey,—putting the word ‘abrown’ (‘auburn’) in the margin by way of synonym for ‘light brown.’ 1808 W. Scott Marmion v. ix. 253 And auburn of the darkest dye, His short curled beard and hair. 1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. vi. 132 The rays..lit up her pale red hair to auburn. b. absol. quasi-n. ΚΠ 1852 D. M. Moir Christmas Musings v, in Wks. II. 254 Thy tresses in the breeze Floating their auburn. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1430
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