love-in-a-mistn.

Brit.

/ˌlʌvɪnəˈmɪst/, U.S.

/ˌləvɪnəˈmɪst/

Forms:

α. 1700s– love-in-a-mist.

β. 1900s– love-in-the-mist.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: love n.¹, in prep., a adj., mist n.¹, the adj.

Etymology: < love n.¹ + in prep. + a adj. + mist n.¹, in both senses so called on account of the feathery bracts surrounding the flowers. In β. forms < love n.¹ + in prep. + the adj. + mist n.¹ Compare German Liebe im Nebel (19th cent. or earlier, in sense 1).

1. A West Indian passion flower, Passiflora foetida, having white flowers surrounded by feathery bracts. Now rare.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > climbing, trailing, or creeping shrubs > [noun] > passion-flowers

maracock1609

passion flower1633

Virginian climber1688

passion-tree1728

love-in-a-mist1731

honeysuckle1756

passiflora1760

passionwort1846

New Zealand passion-flower1853

passion vine1853

1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Granadilla fœtida Stinking Passion-Flower, with a three-pointed hairy Leaf, and a purple variegated Flower, call'd by the Inhabitants of Barbadoes, Love in a Mist.

1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 318 Love in a Mist, Passiflora.

1818 J. B. Ker in Bot. Reg. 4 321 In the West Indies it [sc. Passiflora foetida] is called ‘Love in a Mist’, from the appearance of the unexpanded flower when enclosed in its curiously feathered involucre.

1901 Bull. Amer. Geogr. Soc. 33 212 Passiflora fœtida..Love in a mist... Use..fruit.

2. The fennel flower, Nigella damascena (family Ranunculaceae), having delicate, thread-like foliage and typically blue, but sometimes white, pink or purple flowers surrounded by lacy bracts.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > buttercup and allied flowers > allied flowers

githa1382

nigellaa1398

gollana1400

pilewort?a1425

gold-knop1538

fig-wort1548

lucken gowan1548

melanthion1559

gold crap1571

bachelor's buttons1578

celandine1578

gold cup1578

Goldilocks1578

nigel1578

nigelweed1578

troll flower1578

peppergrass1587

golden cup1589

globe crowfoot1597

globeflower1597

winter aconite1597

kiss-me-twice-before-I-rise1664

devil-in-a-bush1722

globe ranunculus1731

turban1760

love-in-a-mist1787

love-in-a-puzzle1824

fair-grass1825

water buttercup1831

golden knobs1835

ficary1848

New Year's gift1856

bishop wort1863

fennel-flower1863

golden ball1875

1787 Bot. Mag. 1 22 Nigella Damascena. Garden Fennel-flower, Love in a mist, Devil in a Bush.

1834 W. Howitt in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 445/2 I'd a noble root of love-in-a-mist.

1891 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 4 148 We knew Nigella damascena only as Lady in the Green; afterwards Love in a Mist and Devil in the Bush.

1921 Times 5 Aug. 11/6 The garden, however, has the..deeper shade [of blue] of love-in-a-mist, with its beautiful setting of feathery green foliage.

1952 P. Mann Systematics Flowering Plants ii. 61 Open flowers with nectar, visited by bees and fairly long-tongued flies (Buttercup, Marsh Marigold, Green Hellebore, Love-in-a-Mist). The commonest colours are yellow and blue, the former being the more primitive.

2004 BBC Gardeners' World Dec. 66/2 White petals with distinctive chocolate-brown anthers make the flowers of this special love-in-a-mist a sight to remember.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	love-in-a-mist
释义	love-in-a-mistn. Brit. /ˌlʌvɪnəˈmɪst/, U.S. /ˌləvɪnəˈmɪst/ Forms: α. 1700s– love-in-a-mist. β. 1900s– love-in-the-mist. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: love n.¹, in prep., a adj., mist n.¹, the adj. Etymology: < love n.¹ + in prep. + a adj. + mist n.¹, in both senses so called on account of the feathery bracts surrounding the flowers. In β. forms < love n.¹ + in prep. + the adj. + mist n.¹ Compare German Liebe im Nebel (19th cent. or earlier, in sense 1). 1. A West Indian passion flower, Passiflora foetida, having white flowers surrounded by feathery bracts. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > climbing, trailing, or creeping shrubs > [noun] > passion-flowers maracock1609 passion flower1633 Virginian climber1688 passion-tree1728 love-in-a-mist1731 honeysuckle1756 passiflora1760 passionwort1846 New Zealand passion-flower1853 passion vine1853 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Granadilla fœtida Stinking Passion-Flower, with a three-pointed hairy Leaf, and a purple variegated Flower, call'd by the Inhabitants of Barbadoes, Love in a Mist. 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 318 Love in a Mist, Passiflora. 1818 J. B. Ker in Bot. Reg. 4 321 In the West Indies it [sc. Passiflora foetida] is called ‘Love in a Mist’, from the appearance of the unexpanded flower when enclosed in its curiously feathered involucre. 1901 Bull. Amer. Geogr. Soc. 33 212 Passiflora fœtida..Love in a mist... Use..fruit. 2. The fennel flower, Nigella damascena (family Ranunculaceae), having delicate, thread-like foliage and typically blue, but sometimes white, pink or purple flowers surrounded by lacy bracts. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > buttercup and allied flowers > allied flowers githa1382 nigellaa1398 gollana1400 pilewort?a1425 gold-knop1538 fig-wort1548 lucken gowan1548 melanthion1559 gold crap1571 bachelor's buttons1578 celandine1578 gold cup1578 Goldilocks1578 nigel1578 nigelweed1578 troll flower1578 peppergrass1587 golden cup1589 globe crowfoot1597 globeflower1597 winter aconite1597 kiss-me-twice-before-I-rise1664 devil-in-a-bush1722 globe ranunculus1731 turban1760 love-in-a-mist1787 love-in-a-puzzle1824 fair-grass1825 water buttercup1831 golden knobs1835 ficary1848 New Year's gift1856 bishop wort1863 fennel-flower1863 golden ball1875 1787 Bot. Mag. 1 22 Nigella Damascena. Garden Fennel-flower, Love in a mist, Devil in a Bush. 1834 W. Howitt in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 445/2 I'd a noble root of love-in-a-mist. 1891 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 4 148 We knew Nigella damascena only as Lady in the Green; afterwards Love in a Mist and Devil in the Bush. 1921 Times 5 Aug. 11/6 The garden, however, has the..deeper shade [of blue] of love-in-a-mist, with its beautiful setting of feathery green foliage. 1952 P. Mann Systematics Flowering Plants ii. 61 Open flowers with nectar, visited by bees and fairly long-tongued flies (Buttercup, Marsh Marigold, Green Hellebore, Love-in-a-Mist). The commonest colours are yellow and blue, the former being the more primitive. 2004 BBC Gardeners' World Dec. 66/2 White petals with distinctive chocolate-brown anthers make the flowers of this special love-in-a-mist a sight to remember. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1731
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