| 单词 | popinjay colour |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspopinjay colour 4. The colour of the parrot; (now usually) a shade of blue or green. Frequently attributive, as popinjay blue, popinjay colour, popinjay green, popinjay yellow, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [noun] > shade or tint of green > yellowish green popinjayc1484 parrot green1646 gosling-green1756 siskin green1757 Pomona green1788 chrysoprase1835 Georgian green1918 honeydew1920 Pomona1969 c1484 Inventory Thomas Gylbert (P.R.O.: PROB. 2/12) m.4 Item j jaket of popynjay color—viij d. 1547 R. Record Judic. Uryne 16 b There are also oyle coloures (that is popingey grene) of iii sortes. 1577 N. Breton Floorish vpon Fancie sig. Ciiijv The colours of her cloth, are..Red, Blew, Greene, Carnation, Yealow, & Popyngay. 1587 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. vii. i. 172 I might here name..hewes deuised for the nonce..as..popingaie blue. 1622 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman xii. 114 If more inclining to a Popingiay, adde more Pinke to your white Lead. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xix. 157/2 All mixt colours..as carnation, Oreng-tawny, Sky colour, Popengie, Russett, are bastard and dishonorable colours. 1719 T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth II. 19 Beck had a Coat of Popin-jay. 1747 G. Bickham Gen. Rules Painting in Oils & Water-colours 16 For a Popinjay, temper Pink, and a little Indico. 1865 Notes & Queries 3rd Ser. 8 372/2 Popinjay-green, philomel-yellow, &c., no longer appear in the Army Lists. 1936 J. B. Black Reign of Elizabeth 228 All this fantastic dress..was a glow of colour of the most bizarre description—popinjay blue, pease-porridge tawny, goose-turd green, lustygallant, Judas colour, &c. 1953 C. de Banke Shakespearean Stage Production 158 (table) Popinjay, blue-green, peacock blue..used by courtesans, especially for sleeves. 2000 Daily Mail (Nexis) 4 Nov. 55 It is a beautiful jacket, as popinjay green as the parakeets flying around the fort. < as lemmas |
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