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单词 milkish
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milkishadj.

Brit. /ˈmɪlkɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈmɪlkɪʃ/
Forms: see milk n.1 and -ish suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: milk n.1, -ish suffix1.
Etymology: < milk n.1 + -ish suffix1.
Milky; milklike, esp. in colour.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > [adjective] > pure white > as milk
milk-whiteOE
as white as milkOE
milkisha1398
milkya1398
milkc1450
milky-white1581
milkena1586
lacteal1633
lacteous1646
lactaceous1656
lactean1659
lactescent1758
milchy1890
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 59v Among þese coloures [of urine] some tokenep..defaute of digestioun, as white, melkich [a1425 Morgan milkisshe], & ȝolouȝ.
1577 J. Frampton tr. N. Monardes Three Bookes i. f.5 A trie that is no more nor lesse then our Figge Tree of Hell,..it is the same that we doe commonlie call Chatapucia, or Cherua, it is also milkishe as ours is.
1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 322 The Occidental [pearls] are of a Milkish Colour.
1985 N. Mackey Eroding Witness 42 The milkish meat of corn.
2000 Grounds Maintenance (Electronic ed.) 1 Feb. Silver maples light poorly from below because the undersides of the leaves look a milkish white.

Derivatives

milkishness n. Obsolete rare
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1659 G. Torriano Florio's Vocabolario Italiano & Inglese Lattúme, milkishnesse.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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