piceousadj.

Brit.

/pʌɪˈsiːəs/,

/ˈpʌɪsɪəs/,

/ˈpɪsɪəs/, U.S.

/ˈpaɪsiəs/,

/ˈpɪsiəs/

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

Etymology: < classical Latin piceus made of pitch, pitchy, like pitch ( < pic- , pix pitch n.¹ + -eus : see -eous suffix) + -ous suffix. Compare Portuguese piceo (1561 in sense 1, 1664 in sense 2), Italian piceo (1550 in sense 1; 19th cent. in sense 2). N.E.D. (1906) gives only the pronunciation (pi·siˌəs) /ˈpɪsiːəs/.

†1. Of, relating to, or resembling pitch. Obsolete. rare.In quot. 1646: combustible.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > a combustible substance > [adjective]

combustible1529

consumable1574

combustious1593

fire-fit1595

burnable1611

touchy1629

exustible1633

piceous1646

fireable1662

flagrable1669

deflagrablea1691

displosive1712

empyreal1780

flammable1813

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > [adjective] > able to be burnt or combustible

combustible1529

consumable1574

combustious1593

fire-fit1595

adustible1611

burnable1611

exustible1633

piceous1646

ustorious1725

empyreal1780

1646 J. Hall Horæ Vacivæ 100 Comets, which blaze as long as their piceous substance remaines, and then vanish.

1741 Ld. Hardwicke et al. Athenian Lett. II. 256 The shell of a nautilus, which was found buried in a stratum of a piceous substance below the bed of the river Arbis.

2. Chiefly Entomology. Of a pitchy or brownish-black colour.brunneo-, fusco-, rufo-, testaceo-piceous: see the first element. See also piceo- comb. form.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > black or blackness > [adjective] > typically black > as pitch

black as pitch?a1300

pitchya1522

pitch black1598

pitch-coloured1601

pitchy black1615

piceous1726

picescent1847

1726 J. T. Desaguliers York-Buildings Dragons (ed. 2) 6 This Smoak..will so discolour their Hue, that it will puzzle a very nice Botanist to determine concerning any Leaf within that Compass of Ground, whether it be of a subfusc or a down-right piceous Colour.

1798 Trans. Linn. Soc. 4 257 Herbst calls it ater, but figures the elytra piceous, and the rest of the body blackish-cinereous.

1824 T. Say Amer. Entomol. I Tibia piceous at tip.

1847 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 236 Antennæ black, piceous towards the apex.

1931 K. M. Smith Textbk. Agric. Entomol. xiii. 215 Legs piceous, third tibiae with a row of 6-8 short bristles of equal length.

1992 Coleopterists Bull. 46 116 Ground colour mainly ochraceous, with piceous to black markings.

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

单词	piceous
释义	piceousadj. Brit. /pʌɪˈsiːəs/, /ˈpʌɪsɪəs/, /ˈpɪsɪəs/, U.S. /ˈpaɪsiəs/, /ˈpɪsiəs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin piceus , -ous suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin piceus made of pitch, pitchy, like pitch ( < pic- , pix pitch n.¹ + -eus : see -eous suffix) + -ous suffix. Compare Portuguese piceo (1561 in sense 1, 1664 in sense 2), Italian piceo (1550 in sense 1; 19th cent. in sense 2). N.E.D. (1906) gives only the pronunciation (pi·siˌəs) /ˈpɪsiːəs/. †1. Of, relating to, or resembling pitch. Obsolete. rare.In quot. 1646: combustible. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > a combustible substance > [adjective] combustible1529 consumable1574 combustious1593 fire-fit1595 burnable1611 touchy1629 exustible1633 piceous1646 fireable1662 flagrable1669 deflagrablea1691 displosive1712 empyreal1780 flammable1813 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > [adjective] > able to be burnt or combustible combustible1529 consumable1574 combustious1593 fire-fit1595 adustible1611 burnable1611 exustible1633 piceous1646 ustorious1725 empyreal1780 1646 J. Hall Horæ Vacivæ 100 Comets, which blaze as long as their piceous substance remaines, and then vanish. 1741 Ld. Hardwicke et al. Athenian Lett. II. 256 The shell of a nautilus, which was found buried in a stratum of a piceous substance below the bed of the river Arbis. 2. Chiefly Entomology. Of a pitchy or brownish-black colour.brunneo-, fusco-, rufo-, testaceo-piceous: see the first element. See also piceo- comb. form. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > black or blackness > [adjective] > typically black > as pitch black as pitch?a1300 pitchya1522 pitch black1598 pitch-coloured1601 pitchy black1615 piceous1726 picescent1847 1726 J. T. Desaguliers York-Buildings Dragons (ed. 2) 6 This Smoak..will so discolour their Hue, that it will puzzle a very nice Botanist to determine concerning any Leaf within that Compass of Ground, whether it be of a subfusc or a down-right piceous Colour. 1798 Trans. Linn. Soc. 4 257 Herbst calls it ater, but figures the elytra piceous, and the rest of the body blackish-cinereous. 1824 T. Say Amer. Entomol. I Tibia piceous at tip. 1847 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 236 Antennæ black, piceous towards the apex. 1931 K. M. Smith Textbk. Agric. Entomol. xiii. 215 Legs piceous, third tibiae with a row of 6-8 short bristles of equal length. 1992 Coleopterists Bull. 46 116 Ground colour mainly ochraceous, with piceous to black markings. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1646
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