puniceousadj.

Brit.

/pjuːˈnɪʃəs/, U.S.

/pjuˈnɪʃəs/

Forms: Middle English punyceus, 1600s puniceus, 1600s– puniceous, 1700s punicious.

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

Etymology: < classical Latin pūniceus bright red, scarlet, crimson ( < Pūnicus Punic adj. + -eus (see -eous suffix), partly after purpureus purple (see purpureous adj.), and partly after ancient Greek ϕοινίκεος : see phoeniceous adj.) + -ous suffix. Compare Spanish †puniceo (c1500), Italian puniceo (1499; now literary). Compare punicean adj.²

Now rare and historical.

Of a bright red, reddish-purple, or reddish-yellow colour or shade. Cf. phoeniceous adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective] > bright red or scarlet

scarletc1386

puniceousa1398

vermeilc1400

corala1522

Punic?1553

orient1578

vermilion1589

wax-red1593

cherry-red1594

Punical1606

coralline?1608

scarleted1641

coccineous1654

cinnabrianc1668

poppy-coloured1677

miniaceous1688

phoeniceous1688

cherry-coloured1695

coral-red1700

cardinal1755

cherried1762

ponceau1774

punicean1786

cinnabar1807

geraniumed1819

miniatous1826

cardinal scarlet1828

vermilion-coloured1835–6

geranium-coloured1836

pink1846

cardinal red1850

lobster-red1856

phoenicean1857

magenta1877

angered1878

scarlet-vermilion1882

tomato1889

camellia-red1890

miniate1891

nasturtium-red1896

sealing-wax1912

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 308^v Bytwene saffron colour, punyceus [L. color..puniceus], and cytrine is litel dyuersite, as by abatyng of whitenesse and somdele medlyng of encresyng of blaknes.

1671 H. Stubbe Epistolary Disc. Phlebotomy 6 Both of which do strangely larvate and disguise the puniceous Balsome.

1695 P. Hume Ann. Paradise Lost xi. 307 The light Red (Puniceus Colour), of the thinnest and easiest pierc'd part of the Cloud.

1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum Puniceous (in Botan. Writ.) of a scarlet Colour.

1768 W. Donaldson Life Sir Bartholomew Sapskull II. xxv. 212 To stimulate the flavour of the punicious fluid.

1890 Cent. Dict. Puniceous, in entom., purplish-red or crimson; having the color of a pomegranate.

1945 Metrop. Mus. Art Bull. 4 120/1 Pliny mentions a dye made from the flowers to color cloth a puniceous shade.

1999 J. Henderson Writing down Rome i. i. 27 They face..a puniceous ‘bird’ o. d.-ing on scarlet underwear, with no belt and a garish trainload of Phoneycian walking gags.

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

单词	puniceous
释义	puniceousadj. Brit. /pjuːˈnɪʃəs/, U.S. /pjuˈnɪʃəs/ Forms: Middle English punyceus, 1600s puniceus, 1600s– puniceous, 1700s punicious. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin pūniceus , -ous suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin pūniceus bright red, scarlet, crimson ( < Pūnicus Punic adj. + -eus (see -eous suffix), partly after purpureus purple (see purpureous adj.), and partly after ancient Greek ϕοινίκεος : see phoeniceous adj.) + -ous suffix. Compare Spanish †puniceo (c1500), Italian puniceo (1499; now literary). Compare punicean adj.² Now rare and historical. Of a bright red, reddish-purple, or reddish-yellow colour or shade. Cf. phoeniceous adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective] > bright red or scarlet scarletc1386 puniceousa1398 vermeilc1400 corala1522 Punic?1553 orient1578 vermilion1589 wax-red1593 cherry-red1594 Punical1606 coralline?1608 scarleted1641 coccineous1654 cinnabrianc1668 poppy-coloured1677 miniaceous1688 phoeniceous1688 cherry-coloured1695 coral-red1700 cardinal1755 cherried1762 ponceau1774 punicean1786 cinnabar1807 geraniumed1819 miniatous1826 cardinal scarlet1828 vermilion-coloured1835–6 geranium-coloured1836 pink1846 cardinal red1850 lobster-red1856 phoenicean1857 magenta1877 angered1878 scarlet-vermilion1882 tomato1889 camellia-red1890 miniate1891 nasturtium-red1896 sealing-wax1912 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 308^v Bytwene saffron colour, punyceus [L. color..puniceus], and cytrine is litel dyuersite, as by abatyng of whitenesse and somdele medlyng of encresyng of blaknes. 1671 H. Stubbe Epistolary Disc. Phlebotomy 6 Both of which do strangely larvate and disguise the puniceous Balsome. 1695 P. Hume Ann. Paradise Lost xi. 307 The light Red (Puniceus Colour), of the thinnest and easiest pierc'd part of the Cloud. 1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum Puniceous (in Botan. Writ.) of a scarlet Colour. 1768 W. Donaldson Life Sir Bartholomew Sapskull II. xxv. 212 To stimulate the flavour of the punicious fluid. 1890 Cent. Dict. Puniceous, in entom., purplish-red or crimson; having the color of a pomegranate. 1945 Metrop. Mus. Art Bull. 4 120/1 Pliny mentions a dye made from the flowers to color cloth a puniceous shade. 1999 J. Henderson Writing down Rome i. i. 27 They face..a puniceous ‘bird’ o. d.-ing on scarlet underwear, with no belt and a garish trainload of Phoneycian walking gags. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1398
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