单词 | pearliness |
释义 | pearlinessn. The quality of being pearly; the appearance, quality, or character of pearl or mother-of-pearl. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > purity > [noun] cleannessc890 unwemmednessc1175 purity?c1225 shireness?c1225 cleanshipc1230 uncorruptionc1384 purenessa1398 undefoulingnessc1400 whitenessc1400 cleanliness1430 immaculation1509 clearness1526 undefiledness1571 uncorruptness1583 unspottedness1598 intemerateness1607 uncorruptedness1611 candour1612 spotlessness1619 immaculateness1641 candidness1654 unblemishedness1656 intemeration1660 unstainedness1685 pearliness1760 taintlessness1811 stainlessness1862 the world > matter > light > reflection > [noun] > lustre or shine from reflected light > of specific colour or lustre silver1481 pearliness1760 metallic1976 1760 J. Bevis Exper. Enq. Two Mineral Waters 40 A solution of alum gave an equally diffused pearliness or opaline for a considerable time. 1770–1 E. M. da Costa Conchol. 9 With a kind of Pearliness of a pale Ambry, or livid blue. 1835 Southern Literary Messenger Dec. 9/2 The morning dew-drop, With all its pearliness and diamond form Vanisheth. 1860 W. Collins Woman in White (new ed.) I. 257 Let me teach you to understand the heavenly pearliness of these lines. 1893 J. Pulsford Loyalty to Christ II. 145 Let..our whole spirit, soul, and flesh, be sacred to His Humanity.., that through His Pearliness in us we may become His incorruptible and eternal race. 1920 Amer. Midland Naturalist 6 248 Erosion of the epidermis [of the shell] was considerably advanced, and the pearliness of the nacre was dull. 1994 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 20 June 2 The high-protein South American grain quinoa..has an almost translucent pearliness when cooked. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1760 |
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