† phoeniceousadj.

Forms: 1600s 1800s phoeniceous. N.E.D. (1906) also records a form phenicious.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin phoenīceus , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin phoenīceus bright red (Pliny; < ancient Greek ϕοινίκεος < ϕοινικ- , ϕοῖνιξ dark red (see Phoenician n. and adj.) + -εος, suffix forming adjectives) + -ous suffix. Compare Middle French, French †phenicé (1555). N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (fini·ʃiəs) /fiːˈnɪʃiːəs/.

Obsolete. rare.

Of a bright red or crimson colour.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective] > bright red or scarlet

scarletc1386

puniceousa1398

vermeilc1400

corala1522

Punic?1553

orient1578

vermilion1589

wax-red1593

cherry-red1594

Punical1606

coralline?1608

scarleted1641

coccineous1654

cinnabrianc1668

poppy-coloured1677

miniaceous1688

phoeniceous1688

cherry-coloured1695

coral-red1700

cardinal1755

cherried1762

ponceau1774

punicean1786

cinnabar1807

geraniumed1819

miniatous1826

cardinal scarlet1828

vermilion-coloured1835–6

geranium-coloured1836

pink1846

cardinal red1850

lobster-red1856

phoenicean1857

magenta1877

angered1878

scarlet-vermilion1882

tomato1889

camellia-red1890

miniate1891

nasturtium-red1896

sealing-wax1912

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 310^v Siricum is pigmentum, and þerof is y made þe colour þat hatte pheniceus þer wiþ chief lettre of bookes ben y write.]

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory 313 Phoeniceous, crimson, or scarlet-colour.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Phœniceous, pure lively red, with a mixture of carmine and scarlet.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	phoeniceous
释义	† phoeniceousadj. Forms: 1600s 1800s phoeniceous. N.E.D. (1906) also records a form phenicious. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin phoenīceus , -ous suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin phoenīceus bright red (Pliny; < ancient Greek ϕοινίκεος < ϕοινικ- , ϕοῖνιξ dark red (see Phoenician n. and adj.) + -εος, suffix forming adjectives) + -ous suffix. Compare Middle French, French †phenicé (1555). N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (fini·ʃiəs) /fiːˈnɪʃiːəs/. Obsolete. rare. Of a bright red or crimson colour. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective] > bright red or scarlet scarletc1386 puniceousa1398 vermeilc1400 corala1522 Punic?1553 orient1578 vermilion1589 wax-red1593 cherry-red1594 Punical1606 coralline?1608 scarleted1641 coccineous1654 cinnabrianc1668 poppy-coloured1677 miniaceous1688 phoeniceous1688 cherry-coloured1695 coral-red1700 cardinal1755 cherried1762 ponceau1774 punicean1786 cinnabar1807 geraniumed1819 miniatous1826 cardinal scarlet1828 vermilion-coloured1835–6 geranium-coloured1836 pink1846 cardinal red1850 lobster-red1856 phoenicean1857 magenta1877 angered1878 scarlet-vermilion1882 tomato1889 camellia-red1890 miniate1891 nasturtium-red1896 sealing-wax1912 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 310^v Siricum is pigmentum, and þerof is y made þe colour þat hatte pheniceus þer wiþ chief lettre of bookes ben y write.] 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory 313 Phoeniceous, crimson, or scarlet-colour. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Phœniceous, pure lively red, with a mixture of carmine and scarlet. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.1688
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