porraceousadj.

Brit.

/pəˈreɪʃəs/,

/pɒˈreɪʃəs/, U.S.

/pəˈreɪʃəs/,

/pɔˈreɪʃəs/

Forms: 1600s poraceous, 1600s 1800s porracious, 1600s– porraceous.

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

Etymology: < classical Latin porrāceus resembling a leek, leek-green ( < porrum leek (see porre n.) + -āceus : see -aceous suffix) + -ous suffix. Compare Middle French, French porracé leek-green (1590), resembling a leek (1611 in Cotgrave).

Now rare.

Resembling a leek, esp. leek-green in colour.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [adjective] > leek green

prasinea1398

leeky1552

leekish1576

porraceous1600

leek-green1864

1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique ii. xlii. 257 Hard tumours, whether scirrous or porracious [Fr. les porreaux].

1676 R. Wiseman Severall Chirurg. Treat. vi. vii. 432 If the lesser Intestines be wounded, he will be troubled with poraceous Vomiting.

1731 Philos. Trans. 1729–30 (Royal Soc.) 36 347 The Vomiting of porraceous Bile.

1800 S. Brown Treat. Yellow Fever 20 The retchings increase and turn porraceous.

1847 E. J. Seymour Severe Dis. I. 48 It is known..as ‘porracious vomiting’, or leek-green sickness, from its colour.

1891 M. M. Dowie Girl in Karpathians x The queerly-formed porraceous glass bottle.

1922 E. Sitwell Façade 24 This corraceous..laceous porraceous fruit is a lie!

1996 A. Theroux Secondary Colors 290 Martians, according to general sci-fi ethnobotany, are always small, hydrocephalic, intelligent, and seem a sort of porraceous green.

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

单词	porraceous
释义	porraceousadj. Brit. /pəˈreɪʃəs/, /pɒˈreɪʃəs/, U.S. /pəˈreɪʃəs/, /pɔˈreɪʃəs/ Forms: 1600s poraceous, 1600s 1800s porracious, 1600s– porraceous. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin porrāceus , -ous suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin porrāceus resembling a leek, leek-green ( < porrum leek (see porre n.) + -āceus : see -aceous suffix) + -ous suffix. Compare Middle French, French porracé leek-green (1590), resembling a leek (1611 in Cotgrave). Now rare. Resembling a leek, esp. leek-green in colour. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [adjective] > leek green prasinea1398 leeky1552 leekish1576 porraceous1600 leek-green1864 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique ii. xlii. 257 Hard tumours, whether scirrous or porracious [Fr. les porreaux]. 1676 R. Wiseman Severall Chirurg. Treat. vi. vii. 432 If the lesser Intestines be wounded, he will be troubled with poraceous Vomiting. 1731 Philos. Trans. 1729–30 (Royal Soc.) 36 347 The Vomiting of porraceous Bile. 1800 S. Brown Treat. Yellow Fever 20 The retchings increase and turn porraceous. 1847 E. J. Seymour Severe Dis. I. 48 It is known..as ‘porracious vomiting’, or leek-green sickness, from its colour. 1891 M. M. Dowie Girl in Karpathians x The queerly-formed porraceous glass bottle. 1922 E. Sitwell Façade 24 This corraceous..laceous porraceous fruit is a lie! 1996 A. Theroux Secondary Colors 290 Martians, according to general sci-fi ethnobotany, are always small, hydrocephalic, intelligent, and seem a sort of porraceous green. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1600
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