prasinousn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈpreɪzᵻnəs/,

/ˈpreɪzn̩əs/, U.S.

/ˈpreɪzənəs/

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

Etymology: < classical Latin prasinus leek-green (see prasine n. and adj.) + -ous suffix. Compare earlier prasine n. 2. With use as adjective compare earlier prasine adj.Compare the following earlier examples of an unassimilated borrowing of classical Latin prasinus as a colour name:?a1549 Inventory Henry VIII (1998) I. 9/2 Item one Salte of golde the salte being Prasinus greane.1637 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Britain 26 There lyeth close some note of the colour Prasinus, that is Leeke-blade greene, in [the personal name] Prasutagus.

rare.

†A. n.

A leek-green colour. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [noun] > shade or tint of green > leek green

leek-green1662

prasinous1826

1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. xlvi. 281 Prasinous... The colour of the leaves of leeks or onions.

B. adj.

Leek-green in colour.

ΚΠ

1924 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 51 357 Trichomes prasinous or dull yellowish-aeruginous.

1933 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 60 466 Externally aeruginous-olivaceous to blue-purple, internally prasinous, becoming minutely lacunose in older basal parts.

2005 www.chichestertoday.co.uk (O.E.D. Archive) It is as near as you'll ever get to the real thing, the water showing prasinous patches..and the ducks glissading joyously.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prasinous
释义	prasinousn.adj. Brit. /ˈpreɪzᵻnəs/, /ˈpreɪzn̩əs/, U.S. /ˈpreɪzənəs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin prasinus , -ous suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin prasinus leek-green (see prasine n. and adj.) + -ous suffix. Compare earlier prasine n. 2. With use as adjective compare earlier prasine adj.Compare the following earlier examples of an unassimilated borrowing of classical Latin prasinus as a colour name:?a1549 Inventory Henry VIII (1998) I. 9/2 Item one Salte of golde the salte being Prasinus greane.1637 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Britain 26 There lyeth close some note of the colour Prasinus, that is Leeke-blade greene, in [the personal name] Prasutagus. rare. †A. n. A leek-green colour. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [noun] > shade or tint of green > leek green leek-green1662 prasinous1826 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. xlvi. 281 Prasinous... The colour of the leaves of leeks or onions. B. adj. Leek-green in colour. ΚΠ 1924 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 51 357 Trichomes prasinous or dull yellowish-aeruginous. 1933 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 60 466 Externally aeruginous-olivaceous to blue-purple, internally prasinous, becoming minutely lacunose in older basal parts. 2005 www.chichestertoday.co.uk (O.E.D. Archive) It is as near as you'll ever get to the real thing, the water showing prasinous patches..and the ducks glissading joyously. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1826
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