nocturnen.

Brit.

/ˈnɒktəːn/,

/ˌnɒkˈtəːn/, U.S.

/ˈnɑktərn/

Forms: 1800s– nocturn, 1800s– nocturne.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French nocturne.

Etymology: < French nocturne vocal piece (1812), piano piece (1814 in the title of a work by John Field), painting representing night (1883 or earlier), specific uses of nocturne nocturn n. Compare Italian notturno music to be performed at night (second half of the 18th cent.), music suggestive of night-time (1826).

1. Music. A composition suggestive of night, usually of a quiet, meditative character.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > type of piece > [noun] > piece of dreamy nature

nocturne1829

reverie1858

1829 Times 3 Nov. 1/2 (advt.) A large variety of Romances Français, Nocturnes, Chansonettes, &c. for Piano, Harp, and Guitar.

1854 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Aug. 185 I played a nocturne for piano-forte.

1859 (title) Nocturnes for the piano-forte by John Field, edited by Franz Liszt.

1862 T. A. Trollope Marietta I. vii. 130 He had attempted to compose some words for his nocturn.

1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal I. viii. 254 Christabel was playing slow sleepy nocturnes.

1948 Penguin Music Mag. Oct. 46 The half-Tristanesque, half-impressionist Nocturne.

1994 Q Aug. 141/4 Chopin, who wrote his 19 nocturnes over 20 years, can never have envisaged them played end-to-end as has become fashion in modern ‘complete edition’ recording practice.

2. Painting. = night-piece n. 1a. Also figurative and in extended use.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to subject > [noun] > a painting of a night-scene

night-piece1608

moonlight1753

night scenea1798

nocturne1872

nightscape1915

1872 J. M. Whistler Let. Nov. in N. Thorpe Whistler on Art 46 I can't thank you too much for the name ‘Nocturne’ as a title for my moonlights.

1874 R. St. J. Tyrwhitt Our Sketching Club 300 Don't be bothered with symphonies and nocturns.

1882 Cornhill Mag. Feb. 168 One is tempted to linger over these strange dream-pictures, these nocturnes [etc.].

1905 W. J. Locke Morals of Marcus Ordeyne ii. 19 A sort of Whistlerian nocturne of golden fog!

1923 F. J. Mather Hist. Ital. Painting 270 The Nativity,..with the light radiating tenderly from the Christ Child and golden stars glimmering above the hill-top pastures is perhaps the first nocturne in art.

1993 T. Lee Dark Dance (BNC) 200 Three night birds rose into the blue-black of the sky. She disturbed the pattern of the nocturne.

3. Zoology. A shrimp, esp. one of the genus Hippolyte or Macromysis, in the bluish colour phase that it adopts at night. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Decapoda > suborder Macrura > miscellaneous or unspecified prawn

jonga1893

nocturne1899

1899 F. W. Keeble & F. W. Gamble in Proc. Royal Soc. 65 465 Whatever the diurnal colour of Hippolyte may be, it changes at or soon after night-fall to a wonderfully beautiful transparent blue or greenish-blue colour. Prawns in this condition we designate as Nocturnes.

1904 F. W. Keeble & F. W. Gamble in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 196 338 Blue pigment may occur in an expanded form under such different light-conditions, e.g., in normal green diurnes, in nocturnes (in darkness), [and] in light-induced nocturnes (white background effect).

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

单词	nocturne
释义	nocturnen. Brit. /ˈnɒktəːn/, /ˌnɒkˈtəːn/, U.S. /ˈnɑktərn/ Forms: 1800s– nocturn, 1800s– nocturne. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French nocturne. Etymology: < French nocturne vocal piece (1812), piano piece (1814 in the title of a work by John Field), painting representing night (1883 or earlier), specific uses of nocturne nocturn n. Compare Italian notturno music to be performed at night (second half of the 18th cent.), music suggestive of night-time (1826). 1. Music. A composition suggestive of night, usually of a quiet, meditative character. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > type of piece > [noun] > piece of dreamy nature nocturne1829 reverie1858 1829 Times 3 Nov. 1/2 (advt.) A large variety of Romances Français, Nocturnes, Chansonettes, &c. for Piano, Harp, and Guitar. 1854 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Aug. 185 I played a nocturne for piano-forte. 1859 (title) Nocturnes for the piano-forte by John Field, edited by Franz Liszt. 1862 T. A. Trollope Marietta I. vii. 130 He had attempted to compose some words for his nocturn. 1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal I. viii. 254 Christabel was playing slow sleepy nocturnes. 1948 Penguin Music Mag. Oct. 46 The half-Tristanesque, half-impressionist Nocturne. 1994 Q Aug. 141/4 Chopin, who wrote his 19 nocturnes over 20 years, can never have envisaged them played end-to-end as has become fashion in modern ‘complete edition’ recording practice. 2. Painting. = night-piece n. 1a. Also figurative and in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to subject > [noun] > a painting of a night-scene night-piece1608 moonlight1753 night scenea1798 nocturne1872 nightscape1915 1872 J. M. Whistler Let. Nov. in N. Thorpe Whistler on Art 46 I can't thank you too much for the name ‘Nocturne’ as a title for my moonlights. 1874 R. St. J. Tyrwhitt Our Sketching Club 300 Don't be bothered with symphonies and nocturns. 1882 Cornhill Mag. Feb. 168 One is tempted to linger over these strange dream-pictures, these nocturnes [etc.]. 1905 W. J. Locke Morals of Marcus Ordeyne ii. 19 A sort of Whistlerian nocturne of golden fog! 1923 F. J. Mather Hist. Ital. Painting 270 The Nativity,..with the light radiating tenderly from the Christ Child and golden stars glimmering above the hill-top pastures is perhaps the first nocturne in art. 1993 T. Lee Dark Dance (BNC) 200 Three night birds rose into the blue-black of the sky. She disturbed the pattern of the nocturne. 3. Zoology. A shrimp, esp. one of the genus Hippolyte or Macromysis, in the bluish colour phase that it adopts at night. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Decapoda > suborder Macrura > miscellaneous or unspecified prawn jonga1893 nocturne1899 1899 F. W. Keeble & F. W. Gamble in Proc. Royal Soc. 65 465 Whatever the diurnal colour of Hippolyte may be, it changes at or soon after night-fall to a wonderfully beautiful transparent blue or greenish-blue colour. Prawns in this condition we designate as Nocturnes. 1904 F. W. Keeble & F. W. Gamble in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 196 338 Blue pigment may occur in an expanded form under such different light-conditions, e.g., in normal green diurnes, in nocturnes (in darkness), [and] in light-induced nocturnes (white background effect). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). nocturnev. Brit. /ˈnɒktəːn/, /ˌnɒkˈtəːn/, U.S. /ˈnɑktərn/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: nocturne n. Etymology: < nocturne n. Compare slightly earlier nocturning n. Zoology. rare. intransitive. Of certain shrimps: to adopt the coloration of a nocturne (nocturne n. 3). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [verb (intransitive)] > assume nocturnal colour (of prawn) nocturne1900 1900 Nature 5 Apr. 553/1 Blinded prawns nocturne and recover as completely as normal ones. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1829v.1900
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