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单词 orience
释义

oriencen.

Brit. /ˈɔːrɪəns/, /ˈɒrɪəns/, U.S. /ˈɔriəns/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: orient adj., -ence suffix.
Etymology: < orient adj.: see -ence suffix. Compare earlier oriency n.
Now rare.
Oriental quality; brilliancy, lustre.In quot. 1939 probably: the Orient; with playful allusion to the literal sense of classical Latin oriēns (present participle) rising.
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the world > matter > light > reflection > [noun] > lustre or shine from reflected light
orientness1519
lustrec1522
gloss1538
brightshine1573
shine1601
sheen1604
polishing1611
polish1629
oriencya1651
glare1658
glossiness1680
nitency1768
varnish1841
burnishing1851
orience1858
shininess1872
patina1931
1858 Southern Literary Messenger 27 378/2 Stones of orience, great plentie.
c1865 G. M. Hopkins Poems (1967) 120 Once it was scarce perceivèd Lent For orience of the daffodil.
c1865 G. M. Hopkins Poems (1967) 139 The heightening dawn with milky orience Rounds its still-purpling centreings of cloud.
1939 J. Joyce Finnegans Wake 418 Since longsephyring sighs sought heartseast for their orience?
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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