† passeveloursadj.n.

Forms: 1500s–1600s passeuelours, 1600s passeveleur, 1600s passevelour, 1700s passevelours; Scottish pre-1700 passevillour, pre-1700 pastwelour, pre-1700 pasualour, pre-1700 pasuelour, pre-1700 pasviller, pre-1700 pasvillour, pre-1700 pasvilour, pre-1700 paswillour.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French passe-velours.

Etymology: < Middle French, French passe-velours (1538; 1509 as passeveloux ) < passe- (see pass- comb. form) + velours velvet (see velours n.).Compare other early names for this plant:1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes 11 The other kynde [of Amarantus] is called here in Englande of some people veluet floure, of other flouramore.1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Passe-velours, flower gentle, veluet flower, flower-amour, flower valure.

Obsolete.

A. adj.

Scottish. Perhaps: of the colour of passe-velours.

ΚΠ

1570 in C. T. McInnes Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1970) XII. 227 Fywe elnis of fyne pasualour cramosie satyne to be his grace ane coit.

1605 Edinb. Test. XL. f. 229^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Pasvelour Passe villour steming at vi li. x s. the elne.

B. n.

The plant cockscomb, Celosia cristata (family Amaranthaceae).

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > foliage, house, or garden plants > [noun] > amaranth and allied plants

floramour1548

purple velvet flower1548

velvet-flower1548

Balder-herb1552

flower-gentle1561

passevelours1597

love lies bleeding1664

prince's feather1668

symphonia1728

tricolour1786

celosia1807

Joseph's coat1866

thrumwort1866

1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 254 Amaranthus Tricolor. Floramor and Passeuelours.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxi. x. 92 The Passe-veleur or Flower-gentle.

1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words at Amaránto The flowre gentle or Passeuelours.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Passe-Velours (Fr.), a kind of Flower.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	passevelours
释义	† passeveloursadj.n. Forms: 1500s–1600s passeuelours, 1600s passeveleur, 1600s passevelour, 1700s passevelours; Scottish pre-1700 passevillour, pre-1700 pastwelour, pre-1700 pasualour, pre-1700 pasuelour, pre-1700 pasviller, pre-1700 pasvillour, pre-1700 pasvilour, pre-1700 paswillour. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French passe-velours. Etymology: < Middle French, French passe-velours (1538; 1509 as passeveloux ) < passe- (see pass- comb. form) + velours velvet (see velours n.).Compare other early names for this plant:1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes 11 The other kynde [of Amarantus] is called here in Englande of some people veluet floure, of other flouramore.1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Passe-velours, flower gentle, veluet flower, flower-amour, flower valure. Obsolete. A. adj. Scottish. Perhaps: of the colour of passe-velours. ΚΠ 1570 in C. T. McInnes Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1970) XII. 227 Fywe elnis of fyne pasualour cramosie satyne to be his grace ane coit. 1605 Edinb. Test. XL. f. 229^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Pasvelour Passe villour steming at vi li. x s. the elne. B. n. The plant cockscomb, Celosia cristata (family Amaranthaceae). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > foliage, house, or garden plants > [noun] > amaranth and allied plants floramour1548 purple velvet flower1548 velvet-flower1548 Balder-herb1552 flower-gentle1561 passevelours1597 love lies bleeding1664 prince's feather1668 symphonia1728 tricolour1786 celosia1807 Joseph's coat1866 thrumwort1866 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 254 Amaranthus Tricolor. Floramor and Passeuelours. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxi. x. 92 The Passe-veleur or Flower-gentle. 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words at Amaránto The flowre gentle or Passeuelours. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Passe-Velours (Fr.), a kind of Flower. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.n.1570
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