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单词 prismed
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prismedadj.

Brit. /ˈprɪz(ə)md/, U.S. /ˈprɪz(ə)md/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prism n., -ed suffix2.
Etymology: < prism n. + -ed suffix2. Compare earlier prismatic adj., prismatical adj.
Chiefly literary.
Produced as by refraction in a prism; having prismatic colours, brightly or many-coloured.
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the world > matter > colour > variegation > [adjective] > brightly
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prismed1764
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psychedelic1965
1764 S. Rogers Poems on Several Occasions 248 Thus I have seen on summer's day All-various as the prismed ray.
1820 C. Phillips Queen's Case Stated 13 Too soon life's wintry whirlwind must come to sweep the prismed vapour into nothing.
1876 J. E. Hopkins Rose Turquand I. iv. 72 The sunbeams came and made prismed glories in her hair.
1920 T. Dreiser Hey Rub-A-Dub-Dub 144 The rainbow-colored jellyfish that spreads its prismed tentacles like streamers of great beauty.
1984 P. K. Page in R. Sullivan Stories by Canad. Women 145 I had never seen so dazzling and variegated a display of colours. How could there be such prismed brilliance in the range of greys and browns?
2003 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 27 June f1/5 There are just rolling cow pastures and people working the land..and a softly prismed light that drifts off the sleeping volcano.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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