medallionn.

Brit.

/mᵻˈdalɪən/, U.S.

/məˈdælj(ə)n/,

/mɛˈdælj(ə)n/

Forms: 1600s–1700s medaglion, 1600s–1700s medalion, 1600s– medallion, 1600s– medillian, 1600s– modillian, 1700s medaillon.

Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian medaglione.

Etymology: < Italian medaglione large medal (1618; 1550 denoting a painted or sculpted figure in a cornice as an architectural ornament) < medaglia medal n. + -one -oon suffix. Compare Middle French, French médaillon large medal (1554), bas-relief in circular form (1740). With sense 2 compare slightly earlier médaillon n.In form medaillon in 18th cent. remodelled after French médaillon.

a. A large medal, usually one larger than 100 mm (4 inches) in diameter; (now frequently) a medal worn as an ornament on a chain around the neck. Also: (by extension) any medal. [Erroneously explained in Blount Glossogr. 1661 as ‘a little medal’, after Cotgrave's erroneous rendering of médaillon.]

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > record > memorial or monument > medal > [noun]

metal1485

medal1589

stamp1594

medallion1658

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > jewellery of specific shape or form > [noun]

ringOE

beec1009

languet1378

Collar of SS., S's, or Esses1406

tablet?a1425

fetterlock1463

serpent-tongue1488

triangle1529

flory1530

gorget1570

medal1578

tablet jewel1599

sprig1602

bracelet1624

medallion1658

croisette1688

torques1693

scarabaeus1775

crosslet1802

torque1834

teardrop1870

scarab1878

scaraboid1879

scarabaeoid1887

squash blossom1923

clip1937

1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus ii, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 108 In this figure the sitting gods and goddesses are drawn in medalls and medallions.

1701 W. Wotton Hist. Rome 253 Morellius produces a beautiful Medaglion of Commodus.

1799 tr. Laboratory (ed. 6) II. i. 13 The large sort, which are called medallions, are but seldom struck, except intended for particular presents.

1876 H. N. Humphreys Coin Coll. Man. vi. 57 Of the finest epoch (of Syracusan coins) the celebrated and highly prized medallions, bearing the head of Ceres or Proserpine are the most remarkable.

1901 Amer. Hist. Rev. 6 359 A silver medallion, commemorative of Drake's circumnavigation voyage of 1577-1580.

1970 in R. Thorp & R. Blake Music of their Laughter 143/1 It's funny to see a really straight guy wearing a peace medallion, which is a silly little thing.

1991 N.Y. Times 8 Dec. i. 74/1 Fewer gold medallions dangle around teen-agers' necks because of rising theft, assaults and even killings over them.

b. Something resembling a large medal, or the style of representation used on such a medal; spec. a portrait or decorative design of an oval or circular shape, esp. bearing objects or figures in relief.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [noun] > medallion

medallion1765

roundel1776

1765 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (ed. 2) I. vii. 175 A medalion of him in marble.

1768 J. Boswell Acct. Corsica (ed. 2) 373 Le Brun..has given this story as a medaillon on one of the compartments of the great gallery at Versailles.

1849 Guardian 7 Nov. 733/2 The tympanum..is filled with a..window, and internally with two medallions.

1862 Internat. Exhib.: Illustr. Catal. Industr. Dept. II. xxx. §5703 Circular incised group, on stone—a replica of one of the medallions for the pavement of Lichfield Cathedral.

1931 A. U. Dilley Oriental Rugs & Carpets Pl. 28 (caption) Feraghan Rug. Herati pattern of lattice effect about a central medallion.

1975 P. V. Price Taste of Wine iii. 28/1 (caption) Individual houses and even private customers often had their own medallions on the side of the bottle.

1996 Blueprint July 24/4 As the adjacent architects decorated their facades with medallions and columns and earnest inscriptions..Libeskind's tower of walls is faced with multicoloured ceramic shards.

2. Cookery. = médaillon n.In quot. 1806 apparently referring to a dessert.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > cut or piece of meat > [noun] > small piece of meat

smatchcock14..

mincing1598

tucet1653

nut1769

taver1808

skewer-piece1832

thumb-bit1847

médaillon1899

medallion1907

1806 J. Simpson Compl. Syst. Cookery 715/4 Italian Cream, with medallion.]

1907 G. A. Escoffier Guide Mod. Cookery ii. xvi. 538 Set a medallion on each roundel of mousse..and arrange the medallion prepared in this way on a square dish.

1969 tr. H.-P. Pellaprat Everyday Fr. Cooking 156 8 medallions of pork cut from the fillet, each weighing about 2 oz.

1972 Y. Maley in G. W. Turner Good Austral. Eng. iv. 77 In frypan, saute drained medallions gently in hot olive oil for 10 minutes on each side, until golden brown.

1988 Observer 17 Jan. (Colour Suppl.) 51/1 Venison may be sold as medallions, bone-free.

1991 Food & Wine Apr. 20/1 Next came rich intensely flavored pork medallions with girolle mushrooms and a puree of celeriac and parsnip.

3. U.S. A licence to operate a taxi in a city or particular locality, usually issued in the form of a small metal plaque fastened to the hood or bonnet. In extended use (in New York City): a driver holding such a licence.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport by vehicles plying for hire > [noun] > driving or hiring of cabs > taxi-driver's licence

medallion1925

bill1930

brief1939

1925 Yonkers (N.Y.) Herald 11 Mar. 14/1 Gus Hasrato, 22, of 41 Groshon Avenue, arrested yesterday..for operating a taxicab which did not have on it a medallion showing that the owner had complied with the city ordinance, was given a suspended sentence.

1937 Brooklyn Daily Eagle 31 Mar. 9/4 Charles E. Gunn, president of the L.C.M. Transportation Co., petitioned the court for a writ of mandamus, directing the police department to re-issue 49 taxicab medallions which he surrendered last December.

1960 N.Y. Times 4 June 47/3 ‘Bootleg’, or illegal cabs do not have medallions.

1968 N.Y. Times 10 July 36 If medallions want to start a fight, all right, but don't go looking for trouble.

1970 New Yorker 26 Sept. 56/1 A government contract is awarded to the bidder who will best serve the government's interest... The theory is extended to taxicab medallions and turnpike concessions.

1977 Time 29 Aug. 47/1 That is about $8,000 more than the price of a medallion to operate a taxi on the streets outside the exchange.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

medallion figure n.

ΚΠ

1868 Inventory Art Div. Museum S. Kensington I. 21 Mirror Case & Lid... In the centre a medallion figure of a girl in European costume.

1921 Garment Manuf. Index Mar. 10/1 On the copen ground the lattice work is shown in tan, the medallion figure in rose, green and tan.

1989 Italian Maiolica 91/1 If this figure is Elisha, an incident from the prophet's life may establish a thematic connection among the three medallion figures on the jug.

2007 A. E. Samuel Vision Conceptualized Amer. Renaissance Murals Edwin Howland (D.Phil Thesis, Univ. of Delaware) ii. 148 Axes, running up through the center of each wall lunette,..to the stately central medallion figure, and finally to the center of the ceiling.

medallion machine n.

ΚΠ

1841 Penny Mechanic 11 Sept. 328/2 We shall be glad to receive his description of the medallion machine, and shall be obliged by his calling at the printer's.

1862 Harper's Mag. Feb. 311/1 The Ruling Machine..and the Medallion Machine, which, by a series of lines, gives the effect of a medal, are also used upon bank notes.

1911 Loco (Schenectady, N.Y.) Nov. 157 The two machines shown in the Watt room are the medallion machine (center) and the other a machine for copying statuary.

1965 Country Life 28 Jan. 165/1 The relief decoration appears to have been cut by the medallion machine, which could ‘rapidly and faithfully copy medallions even to the inscriptions and dates’.

medallion size n.

ΚΠ

1774 J. Bryant New Syst. II. 231 [These coins] were of brass, and of the medaglion size.

1889 Cent. Mag. Sept. 779/1 These miniatures were of medallion size.

C2.

medallion carpet n. a carpet containing a large prominent central design or figure.

ΚΠ

1860 Ladies' Repository Oct. 599 My mother, without consulting my father, sent the dimensions of the parlor to Europe and had a handsome Brussels medallion carpet made.

1931 A. U. Dilley Oriental Rugs & Carpets Pl. 41 (caption) Turkish medallion carpet, called Ushak.

1974 R. Stead Ardabil Carpets 14/2 The Ardabil Carpets belong to a class known as Northwest Medallion Carpets.

medallion man n. derogatory a (frequently middle-aged) man who cultivates an ostentatiously macho appearance, esp. as typified by the wearing of an open-necked shirt displaying a medallion.

ΚΠ

1985 Guardian 28 Mar. 23/6 When it comes to suits it has definitely got to be double-breasted. The medallion man is out—that is apart from the Lord Mayor!

1993 Wine May 14/1 Mont Marçal..is regularly consumed by Julio Iglesias, king of the aging medallion men.

medallion pattern n. a decorative pattern containing medallions.

ΚΠ

1868 Harper's Mag. Sept. 443/1 Such a spoon and fork..as the Gorham Company's ‘Medallion Pattern’..has had a great run among persons fond of the original and peculiar.

1931 A. U. Dilley Oriental Rugs & Carpets iv. 94 Some fifty years ago, large flower-strewn medallion patterns with graceful pendants and floriated corners were devised and applied to large carpets by weavers working for Tabriz rug-merchants.

1990 Speculum 65 669 A fold-out of the iconographic program..accompanied by window systems reduced to medallion pattern schemas.

medallion portrait n. a circular or oval portrait, esp. one carved in relief.

ΚΠ

1846 Southern Q. Rev. Jan. 284 A medallion portrait of Hampden and a marble copy of the monument erected to his memory by his countrymen.

1902 E. Banks Autobiogr. Newspaper Girl 292 He gave me a medallion portrait of himself.

1989 Scots Mag. Mar. 623 [James Macpherson] left money for a marble obelisk with a medallion portrait.

medallion window n. a window containing illustrated panels (see quot.).

ΚΠ

1847 C. Winston Anc. Glass Painting I. 32 Medallion windows..are principally filled with medallions, or panels, containing coloured pictures.

1912 Catholic Encycl. XIV. 242/1 Contemporaneous with these medallion windows there were..the canopy and Jesse windows.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	medallion
释义	medallionn. Brit. /mᵻˈdalɪən/, U.S. /məˈdælj(ə)n/, /mɛˈdælj(ə)n/ Forms: 1600s–1700s medaglion, 1600s–1700s medalion, 1600s– medallion, 1600s– medillian, 1600s– modillian, 1700s medaillon. Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian medaglione. Etymology: < Italian medaglione large medal (1618; 1550 denoting a painted or sculpted figure in a cornice as an architectural ornament) < medaglia medal n. + -one -oon suffix. Compare Middle French, French médaillon large medal (1554), bas-relief in circular form (1740). With sense 2 compare slightly earlier médaillon n.In form medaillon in 18th cent. remodelled after French médaillon. 1. a. A large medal, usually one larger than 100 mm (4 inches) in diameter; (now frequently) a medal worn as an ornament on a chain around the neck. Also: (by extension) any medal. [Erroneously explained in Blount Glossogr. 1661 as ‘a little medal’, after Cotgrave's erroneous rendering of médaillon.] ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > memorial or monument > medal > [noun] metal1485 medal1589 stamp1594 medallion1658 the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > jewellery of specific shape or form > [noun] ringOE beec1009 languet1378 Collar of SS., S's, or Esses1406 tablet?a1425 fetterlock1463 serpent-tongue1488 triangle1529 flory1530 gorget1570 medal1578 tablet jewel1599 sprig1602 bracelet1624 medallion1658 croisette1688 torques1693 scarabaeus1775 crosslet1802 torque1834 teardrop1870 scarab1878 scaraboid1879 scarabaeoid1887 squash blossom1923 clip1937 1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus ii, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 108 In this figure the sitting gods and goddesses are drawn in medalls and medallions. 1701 W. Wotton Hist. Rome 253 Morellius produces a beautiful Medaglion of Commodus. 1799 tr. Laboratory (ed. 6) II. i. 13 The large sort, which are called medallions, are but seldom struck, except intended for particular presents. 1876 H. N. Humphreys Coin Coll. Man. vi. 57 Of the finest epoch (of Syracusan coins) the celebrated and highly prized medallions, bearing the head of Ceres or Proserpine are the most remarkable. 1901 Amer. Hist. Rev. 6 359 A silver medallion, commemorative of Drake's circumnavigation voyage of 1577-1580. 1970 in R. Thorp & R. Blake Music of their Laughter 143/1 It's funny to see a really straight guy wearing a peace medallion, which is a silly little thing. 1991 N.Y. Times 8 Dec. i. 74/1 Fewer gold medallions dangle around teen-agers' necks because of rising theft, assaults and even killings over them. b. Something resembling a large medal, or the style of representation used on such a medal; spec. a portrait or decorative design of an oval or circular shape, esp. bearing objects or figures in relief. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [noun] > medallion medallion1765 roundel1776 1765 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (ed. 2) I. vii. 175 A medalion of him in marble. 1768 J. Boswell Acct. Corsica (ed. 2) 373 Le Brun..has given this story as a medaillon on one of the compartments of the great gallery at Versailles. 1849 Guardian 7 Nov. 733/2 The tympanum..is filled with a..window, and internally with two medallions. 1862 Internat. Exhib.: Illustr. Catal. Industr. Dept. II. xxx. §5703 Circular incised group, on stone—a replica of one of the medallions for the pavement of Lichfield Cathedral. 1931 A. U. Dilley Oriental Rugs & Carpets Pl. 28 (caption) Feraghan Rug. Herati pattern of lattice effect about a central medallion. 1975 P. V. Price Taste of Wine iii. 28/1 (caption) Individual houses and even private customers often had their own medallions on the side of the bottle. 1996 Blueprint July 24/4 As the adjacent architects decorated their facades with medallions and columns and earnest inscriptions..Libeskind's tower of walls is faced with multicoloured ceramic shards. 2. Cookery. = médaillon n.In quot. 1806 apparently referring to a dessert. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > cut or piece of meat > [noun] > small piece of meat smatchcock14.. mincing1598 tucet1653 nut1769 taver1808 skewer-piece1832 thumb-bit1847 médaillon1899 medallion1907 1806 J. Simpson Compl. Syst. Cookery 715/4 Italian Cream, with medallion.] 1907 G. A. Escoffier Guide Mod. Cookery ii. xvi. 538 Set a medallion on each roundel of mousse..and arrange the medallion prepared in this way on a square dish. 1969 tr. H.-P. Pellaprat Everyday Fr. Cooking 156 8 medallions of pork cut from the fillet, each weighing about 2 oz. 1972 Y. Maley in G. W. Turner Good Austral. Eng. iv. 77 In frypan, saute drained medallions gently in hot olive oil for 10 minutes on each side, until golden brown. 1988 Observer 17 Jan. (Colour Suppl.) 51/1 Venison may be sold as medallions, bone-free. 1991 Food & Wine Apr. 20/1 Next came rich intensely flavored pork medallions with girolle mushrooms and a puree of celeriac and parsnip. 3. U.S. A licence to operate a taxi in a city or particular locality, usually issued in the form of a small metal plaque fastened to the hood or bonnet. In extended use (in New York City): a driver holding such a licence. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport by vehicles plying for hire > [noun] > driving or hiring of cabs > taxi-driver's licence medallion1925 bill1930 brief1939 1925 Yonkers (N.Y.) Herald 11 Mar. 14/1 Gus Hasrato, 22, of 41 Groshon Avenue, arrested yesterday..for operating a taxicab which did not have on it a medallion showing that the owner had complied with the city ordinance, was given a suspended sentence. 1937 Brooklyn Daily Eagle 31 Mar. 9/4 Charles E. Gunn, president of the L.C.M. Transportation Co., petitioned the court for a writ of mandamus, directing the police department to re-issue 49 taxicab medallions which he surrendered last December. 1960 N.Y. Times 4 June 47/3 ‘Bootleg’, or illegal cabs do not have medallions. 1968 N.Y. Times 10 July 36 If medallions want to start a fight, all right, but don't go looking for trouble. 1970 New Yorker 26 Sept. 56/1 A government contract is awarded to the bidder who will best serve the government's interest... The theory is extended to taxicab medallions and turnpike concessions. 1977 Time 29 Aug. 47/1 That is about $8,000 more than the price of a medallion to operate a taxi on the streets outside the exchange. Compounds C1. General attributive. medallion figure n. ΚΠ 1868 Inventory Art Div. Museum S. Kensington I. 21 Mirror Case & Lid... In the centre a medallion figure of a girl in European costume. 1921 Garment Manuf. Index Mar. 10/1 On the copen ground the lattice work is shown in tan, the medallion figure in rose, green and tan. 1989 Italian Maiolica 91/1 If this figure is Elisha, an incident from the prophet's life may establish a thematic connection among the three medallion figures on the jug. 2007 A. E. Samuel Vision Conceptualized Amer. Renaissance Murals Edwin Howland (D.Phil Thesis, Univ. of Delaware) ii. 148 Axes, running up through the center of each wall lunette,..to the stately central medallion figure, and finally to the center of the ceiling. medallion machine n. ΚΠ 1841 Penny Mechanic 11 Sept. 328/2 We shall be glad to receive his description of the medallion machine, and shall be obliged by his calling at the printer's. 1862 Harper's Mag. Feb. 311/1 The Ruling Machine..and the Medallion Machine, which, by a series of lines, gives the effect of a medal, are also used upon bank notes. 1911 Loco (Schenectady, N.Y.) Nov. 157 The two machines shown in the Watt room are the medallion machine (center) and the other a machine for copying statuary. 1965 Country Life 28 Jan. 165/1 The relief decoration appears to have been cut by the medallion machine, which could ‘rapidly and faithfully copy medallions even to the inscriptions and dates’. medallion size n. ΚΠ 1774 J. Bryant New Syst. II. 231 [These coins] were of brass, and of the medaglion size. 1889 Cent. Mag. Sept. 779/1 These miniatures were of medallion size. C2. medallion carpet n. a carpet containing a large prominent central design or figure. ΚΠ 1860 Ladies' Repository Oct. 599 My mother, without consulting my father, sent the dimensions of the parlor to Europe and had a handsome Brussels medallion carpet made. 1931 A. U. Dilley Oriental Rugs & Carpets Pl. 41 (caption) Turkish medallion carpet, called Ushak. 1974 R. Stead Ardabil Carpets 14/2 The Ardabil Carpets belong to a class known as Northwest Medallion Carpets. medallion man n. derogatory a (frequently middle-aged) man who cultivates an ostentatiously macho appearance, esp. as typified by the wearing of an open-necked shirt displaying a medallion. ΚΠ 1985 Guardian 28 Mar. 23/6 When it comes to suits it has definitely got to be double-breasted. The medallion man is out—that is apart from the Lord Mayor! 1993 Wine May 14/1 Mont Marçal..is regularly consumed by Julio Iglesias, king of the aging medallion men. medallion pattern n. a decorative pattern containing medallions. ΚΠ 1868 Harper's Mag. Sept. 443/1 Such a spoon and fork..as the Gorham Company's ‘Medallion Pattern’..has had a great run among persons fond of the original and peculiar. 1931 A. U. Dilley Oriental Rugs & Carpets iv. 94 Some fifty years ago, large flower-strewn medallion patterns with graceful pendants and floriated corners were devised and applied to large carpets by weavers working for Tabriz rug-merchants. 1990 Speculum 65 669 A fold-out of the iconographic program..accompanied by window systems reduced to medallion pattern schemas. medallion portrait n. a circular or oval portrait, esp. one carved in relief. ΚΠ 1846 Southern Q. Rev. Jan. 284 A medallion portrait of Hampden and a marble copy of the monument erected to his memory by his countrymen. 1902 E. Banks Autobiogr. Newspaper Girl 292 He gave me a medallion portrait of himself. 1989 Scots Mag. Mar. 623 [James Macpherson] left money for a marble obelisk with a medallion portrait. medallion window n. a window containing illustrated panels (see quot.). ΚΠ 1847 C. Winston Anc. Glass Painting I. 32 Medallion windows..are principally filled with medallions, or panels, containing coloured pictures. 1912 Catholic Encycl. XIV. 242/1 Contemporaneous with these medallion windows there were..the canopy and Jesse windows. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2022). medallionv. Brit. /mᵻˈdalɪən/, U.S. /məˈdælj(ə)n/, /mɛˈdælj(ə)n/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: medallion n. Etymology: < medallion n. Compare earlier medallioned adj. transitive (in passive). To be ornamented with a medallion or medallions; to be made to resemble a medallion. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > pattern [verb (transitive)] > medallion medallion1850 1850 W. Colton Three Years in Calif. 185 The air is soft, the sky clear, the trees are in bud, and the fields are medallioned with flowers. 1861 J. M. Neale Notes on Dalmatia 81 On the vertex of the arch is our Lord's monogram, also medallioned and surrounded by acanthus leaves. 1893 Daily News 7 Apr. 5/3 The invitation and the portraits [of an invitation card] are medallioned upon a coloured ground. 1908 Westm. Gaz. 28 Sept. 3/2 The host, who wore a medallion in his coat with the words ‘Liberty’ and ‘Honesty’ writ large, began to reiterate this apothegm to the other man, similarly medallioned. 1962 C. Bukowski Run with Hunted 8 I tried to think of Hem shooting a lion or walking down Paris streets medallioned with his wild buddies. 1995 Harper's Mag. Jan. 54 The white slats of birch bark under a purple rainstorm medallioned by a rainbow or slashed by a crimson shaft of half-set sun. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1658v.1850
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medallionn.

Compounds

medallionv.