night-blueadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌnʌɪtˈbluː/, U.S.

/ˈnaɪtˈblu/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: night n., blue adj.

Etymology: < night n. + blue adj. In sense B. 2 after French bleu de nuit (in English context, P. Passavant Brit. Patent 1021 (1863) 2).

A. adj.

Of a very deep blue colour; of the colour of the night sky.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > [adjective] > deep blue

flaxen1605

mazarine1684

cyaneous1688

ultramarine1781

powder blue1789

smalt-blue1801

gentian1836

cobalt1849

night-blue1858

lazuline1877

smalt1880

1858 J. D. F. Cornell Arthur & Constance 22 The night-blue heaven looks cold and pure, The golden stars look peace.

1873 Galaxy Nov. 653/1 Poor little Susy, with her fair curly hair and night-blue eyes, went in and out alone.

1938 L. MacNeice I crossed Minch ii. viii. 106 The sky part of the landscape was night-blue.

1956 D. Gascoyne Night Thoughts 45 That profound night-blue abyss of starry vacancy.

1997 E. Feinstein Daylight 21 The air is cooler, the sky night blue, But my shoes knock lonely notes from the pavement.

B. n. (Frequently as two words.)

1. A very deep blue colour; the colour of the night sky.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > [noun] > deep blue

powder blue1628

zaffre1662

ultramarine1695

smalt1775

ultramarine blue (or colour)1781

royal blue1782

smalt-blue1794

mazarine blue1803

blue feldspar1804

lazulite1807

cobalt1835

Vienna blue1835

Venetian bluec1840

bleu-de-roi1848

gentian blue1848

gentian1854

mazarine1857

night-blue1865

lapis lazuli1870

Reckitt's blue1877

royal1885

Littler's blue1904

delphine1909

delphinium1923

Madonna blue1932

1865 C. T. Brooks tr. J. P. F. Richter Hesperus 357 Overhead in the night-blue of heaven the white and red reflections of the hill-flowers glided fitfully into each other.

1868 Putnam's Mag. Jan. 55/2 Under the vast night-blue, thick-studded with the innumerable stars,..the dim old house showed joyously.

1926 Science 22 Jan. 83/2 This artificial sky seems to possess the deep night blue seen in the real sky.

1947 W. Stevens Transport to Summer in Coll. Poems (1954) 390 The constant Violets, doves, girls, bees and hyacinths Are inconstant objects of inconstant cause... This means Night-blue is an inconstant thing.

1991 D. Craig King Cameron (BNC) 81 A sky which shaded from smoky orange through turquoise to night blue.

2. A dark blue synthetic dye which retains its colour under artificial light. Now rare.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > [noun] > other blues

blue-green1659

water blue1723

king's blue1778

garter-blue1792

smalt-blue1794

pencil blue1815

stone-bluea1855

azuline1864

night-blue1868

canard1872

Labrador blue1873

electric1882

chasseur-blue1900

cornflower1907

petrol blue1913

larkspur1927

petrol1927

flow-blue1961

1868 M. Reimann On Aniline & its Derivatives v. 61 Mr. Passavant, of Bradford, uses acetate of soda instead of acetate of aniline... He thus gets a colour which he calls night blue, or bleu de nuit, because it appears in full beauty even by artificial light.

1868 tr. A. W. Hofmann et al. in M. Reimann On Aniline & its Derivatives App. 127 The term night blue (bleu lumière) is given to a blue entirely free of violet, and which preserves its clear blue colour in artificial light. It is nothing more than a perfectly pure salt of triphenylrosaniline.

1891 T. E. Thorpe Dict. Appl. Chem. II. 698/1 Night blue. A colouring matter obtained by the action of p-tolyl-α-naphthylamine on tetramethyl diamido benzophenone. Resembles Victoria blue.

1947 Thorpe's Dict. Appl. Chem. (ed. 4) VIII. 483/2 Night blue is the triphenylmethane dyestuff prepared from tetraethyldiaminobenzophenone and p-tolyl-α-naphthylamine.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	night-blue
释义	night-blueadj.n. Brit. /ˌnʌɪtˈbluː/, U.S. /ˈnaɪtˈblu/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: night n., blue adj. Etymology: < night n. + blue adj. In sense B. 2 after French bleu de nuit (in English context, P. Passavant Brit. Patent 1021 (1863) 2). A. adj. Of a very deep blue colour; of the colour of the night sky. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > [adjective] > deep blue flaxen1605 mazarine1684 cyaneous1688 ultramarine1781 powder blue1789 smalt-blue1801 gentian1836 cobalt1849 night-blue1858 lazuline1877 smalt1880 1858 J. D. F. Cornell Arthur & Constance 22 The night-blue heaven looks cold and pure, The golden stars look peace. 1873 Galaxy Nov. 653/1 Poor little Susy, with her fair curly hair and night-blue eyes, went in and out alone. 1938 L. MacNeice I crossed Minch ii. viii. 106 The sky part of the landscape was night-blue. 1956 D. Gascoyne Night Thoughts 45 That profound night-blue abyss of starry vacancy. 1997 E. Feinstein Daylight 21 The air is cooler, the sky night blue, But my shoes knock lonely notes from the pavement. B. n. (Frequently as two words.) 1. A very deep blue colour; the colour of the night sky. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > [noun] > deep blue powder blue1628 zaffre1662 ultramarine1695 smalt1775 ultramarine blue (or colour)1781 royal blue1782 smalt-blue1794 mazarine blue1803 blue feldspar1804 lazulite1807 cobalt1835 Vienna blue1835 Venetian bluec1840 bleu-de-roi1848 gentian blue1848 gentian1854 mazarine1857 night-blue1865 lapis lazuli1870 Reckitt's blue1877 royal1885 Littler's blue1904 delphine1909 delphinium1923 Madonna blue1932 1865 C. T. Brooks tr. J. P. F. Richter Hesperus 357 Overhead in the night-blue of heaven the white and red reflections of the hill-flowers glided fitfully into each other. 1868 Putnam's Mag. Jan. 55/2 Under the vast night-blue, thick-studded with the innumerable stars,..the dim old house showed joyously. 1926 Science 22 Jan. 83/2 This artificial sky seems to possess the deep night blue seen in the real sky. 1947 W. Stevens Transport to Summer in Coll. Poems (1954) 390 The constant Violets, doves, girls, bees and hyacinths Are inconstant objects of inconstant cause... This means Night-blue is an inconstant thing. 1991 D. Craig King Cameron (BNC) 81 A sky which shaded from smoky orange through turquoise to night blue. 2. A dark blue synthetic dye which retains its colour under artificial light. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > [noun] > other blues blue-green1659 water blue1723 king's blue1778 garter-blue1792 smalt-blue1794 pencil blue1815 stone-bluea1855 azuline1864 night-blue1868 canard1872 Labrador blue1873 electric1882 chasseur-blue1900 cornflower1907 petrol blue1913 larkspur1927 petrol1927 flow-blue1961 1868 M. Reimann On Aniline & its Derivatives v. 61 Mr. Passavant, of Bradford, uses acetate of soda instead of acetate of aniline... He thus gets a colour which he calls night blue, or bleu de nuit, because it appears in full beauty even by artificial light. 1868 tr. A. W. Hofmann et al. in M. Reimann On Aniline & its Derivatives App. 127 The term night blue (bleu lumière) is given to a blue entirely free of violet, and which preserves its clear blue colour in artificial light. It is nothing more than a perfectly pure salt of triphenylrosaniline. 1891 T. E. Thorpe Dict. Appl. Chem. II. 698/1 Night blue. A colouring matter obtained by the action of p-tolyl-α-naphthylamine on tetramethyl diamido benzophenone. Resembles Victoria blue. 1947 Thorpe's Dict. Appl. Chem. (ed. 4) VIII. 483/2 Night blue is the triphenylmethane dyestuff prepared from tetraethyldiaminobenzophenone and p-tolyl-α-naphthylamine. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1858
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