picoteen.adj.

Brit.

/ˌpɪkəˈtiː/, U.S.

/ˌpɪkəˈti/

Forms: 1700s picketee, 1700s pickettee, 1700s picketty, 1800s piccotee, 1800s piquetee, 1800s piquettee, 1800s piquoté, 1800s– picotée, 1800s– picotee.

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

Etymology: < French picotée, feminine of past participle of picoter to speckle, to mark with various colours (1569 in Middle French in this sense; late 14th cent. in sense ‘to strike with a pointed implement’, early 15th cent. in sense ‘to prick lightly and repeatedly’) < picot (see picot n.), as frequentative corresponding to piquer (see pick v.¹). Compare slightly later piquet n.² Compare also later picoté adj.

A. n.

A florists' variety of the carnation, Dianthus caryophyllus, the flowers of which have a light ground with the petals marked or edged with a darker colour.The early variety had a white ground marked with specks of colour.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > pinks or carnations

gillyflower1517

carnation1538

clove gillyflower1538

incarnation1538

William1538

pink1566

John1572

Indian eye1573

sops-in-wine1573

sweet John1573

sweet-william1573

tuft gillyflower1573

Colmenier1578

small honesty1578

tol-me-neer1578

London tuft1597

maidenly pink1597

mountain pink1597

clove-carnation1605

musk-gillyflower1607

London pride1629

pride of London1629

maiden pink1650

Indian pink1664

Spanish pink1664

pheasant's eye pink1718

flake1727

flame1727

picotee1727

old man's head1731

painted lady1731

piquet1731

China-pink1736

clove1746

wild pink1753

lime-wort1777

matted thrift1792

clove-pink1837

Cheddar Pink1843

Dianthus1849

bunch pink1857

perpetual-flowering carnation1861

cliff pink1863

meadow pink1866

musk carnation1866

Jack1873

wax-pink1891

Malmaison1892

grenadin1904

1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Carnation Each of those Tribes are very numerous, but chiefly the Picketees, of which, he says, he had seen above an hundred different Sorts in one Garden.

1808 Sir J. E. Smith in Mem. (1832) I. 565 Your Piquoté (I never knew before how to spell that word, neither do I know its etymology now) pink is a curious plant.

1836 N. Paterson Manse Garden iii. 211 Piquettees, ground, white or yellow spotted with other colours.

1843 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 10 617 By what process gooseberries may be made gigantic, and piccotees enriched with piedness.

1849 Florist 289 The three florists' species of Dianthus, the Carnation, Picotee, and Pink.

1857 Chambers's Information for People (new ed.) I. 534/1 There are many varieties of the carnation, but all are arranged in three classes—flakes, bizarres, and piquettees [indexed as piquetees].

1911 R. C. Punnett Mendelism (ed. 3) vii. 74 The proportion in which the three classes of purples appeared was 9 bicolors, 3 deep purples, 4 picotees.

1986 Pract. Gardening Mar. 37/2 ‘Rippling Waters’, is almost a picotee with a white edge to a deep purple flower.

B. adj.

Resembling a picotee; having a darker-coloured edge.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > variegation > [adjective] > edged with colour

brown-edged1830

picotee1899

1899 Daily News 7 Oct. 8/6 Fine late tulips. Picotee, white, with picotee red edge.

1937 Amer. Home Apr. 162/2 There are some lovely yellows, salmons and variously striped, flecked and picotee types that lend themselves to a wide diversity of settings.

1963 Times 21 May 6/4 There are novelties..among..begonias, notably ‘Harlequin’, white with a pale-pink picotee edge.

1996 Amateur Gardening 25 May 24/2 (table) A mixture of cherry red and salmon shades, some with deeper picotee edges.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	picotee
释义	picoteen.adj. Brit. /ˌpɪkəˈtiː/, U.S. /ˌpɪkəˈti/ Forms: 1700s picketee, 1700s pickettee, 1700s picketty, 1800s piccotee, 1800s piquetee, 1800s piquettee, 1800s piquoté, 1800s– picotée, 1800s– picotee. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French picotée. Etymology: < French picotée, feminine of past participle of picoter to speckle, to mark with various colours (1569 in Middle French in this sense; late 14th cent. in sense ‘to strike with a pointed implement’, early 15th cent. in sense ‘to prick lightly and repeatedly’) < picot (see picot n.), as frequentative corresponding to piquer (see pick v.¹). Compare slightly later piquet n.² Compare also later picoté adj. A. n. A florists' variety of the carnation, Dianthus caryophyllus, the flowers of which have a light ground with the petals marked or edged with a darker colour.The early variety had a white ground marked with specks of colour. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > pinks or carnations gillyflower1517 carnation1538 clove gillyflower1538 incarnation1538 William1538 pink1566 John1572 Indian eye1573 sops-in-wine1573 sweet John1573 sweet-william1573 tuft gillyflower1573 Colmenier1578 small honesty1578 tol-me-neer1578 London tuft1597 maidenly pink1597 mountain pink1597 clove-carnation1605 musk-gillyflower1607 London pride1629 pride of London1629 maiden pink1650 Indian pink1664 Spanish pink1664 pheasant's eye pink1718 flake1727 flame1727 picotee1727 old man's head1731 painted lady1731 piquet1731 China-pink1736 clove1746 wild pink1753 lime-wort1777 matted thrift1792 clove-pink1837 Cheddar Pink1843 Dianthus1849 bunch pink1857 perpetual-flowering carnation1861 cliff pink1863 meadow pink1866 musk carnation1866 Jack1873 wax-pink1891 Malmaison1892 grenadin1904 1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Carnation Each of those Tribes are very numerous, but chiefly the Picketees, of which, he says, he had seen above an hundred different Sorts in one Garden. 1808 Sir J. E. Smith in Mem. (1832) I. 565 Your Piquoté (I never knew before how to spell that word, neither do I know its etymology now) pink is a curious plant. 1836 N. Paterson Manse Garden iii. 211 Piquettees, ground, white or yellow spotted with other colours. 1843 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 10 617 By what process gooseberries may be made gigantic, and piccotees enriched with piedness. 1849 Florist 289 The three florists' species of Dianthus, the Carnation, Picotee, and Pink. 1857 Chambers's Information for People (new ed.) I. 534/1 There are many varieties of the carnation, but all are arranged in three classes—flakes, bizarres, and piquettees [indexed as piquetees]. 1911 R. C. Punnett Mendelism (ed. 3) vii. 74 The proportion in which the three classes of purples appeared was 9 bicolors, 3 deep purples, 4 picotees. 1986 Pract. Gardening Mar. 37/2 ‘Rippling Waters’, is almost a picotee with a white edge to a deep purple flower. B. adj. Resembling a picotee; having a darker-coloured edge. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > [adjective] > edged with colour brown-edged1830 picotee1899 1899 Daily News 7 Oct. 8/6 Fine late tulips. Picotee, white, with picotee red edge. 1937 Amer. Home Apr. 162/2 There are some lovely yellows, salmons and variously striped, flecked and picotee types that lend themselves to a wide diversity of settings. 1963 Times 21 May 6/4 There are novelties..among..begonias, notably ‘Harlequin’, white with a pale-pink picotee edge. 1996 Amateur Gardening 25 May 24/2 (table) A mixture of cherry red and salmon shades, some with deeper picotee edges. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1727
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