† ramoneurn.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French ramoneur.

Etymology: < French ramoneur colour resembling that of soot (1843 or earlier), chimney sweep (c1470 in Middle French) < ramoner to sweep (c1210 in Old French; < ramon broom (although this is first attested slightly later: c1300; < rame branch (see rame n.¹) + -on -oon suffix)) + -eur -eur suffix.

Obsolete. rare.

1. A colour resembling that of soot.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > black or blackness > [noun] > typical blackness > as soot

fuliginousness1576

fuliginosity1662

ramoneur1793

1793–4 J. Swan in New Eng. Q. 10 (1937) 470 He even specified the colors preferred in taffetas: ‘brown, ramoneur, Quaker, white, black, pink, gray, blue and chocolate.’

1835 Court Mag. 5 p. ii/1 Velvet and satin hats of a new colour called ramoneur (it is a dingy shade of brown, approaching nearly to black).

1849 New Monthly Mag. 85 454 The inventor and designer of those lovely ramoneur helmets.

2. A chimney sweep.

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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning house > [noun] > cleaning chimneys > one who

chimney-sweeper?1518

sweep-chimney1657

lily-white1699

chimney-sweep1709

sooterkin1795

sweepy1798

sweep1812

ramoneura1859

chummy1860

chimney-cleanser1905

chimney-cleaner1906

fluonomist1946

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning house > [noun] > cleaning chimneys > machine for

scandiscope1826

ramoneura1859

1850 Times 25 Jan. 5/3 Some sweeps..exerted themselves in such a way as to satisfy even the most captious philanthropist or ramoneur director that their calling was in no way injurious to the lungs.]

a1859 Lady Morgan Memoirs (1862) I. v. 31 I was the first who applied the ramoneur to an Irish chimney in my own house.

1859 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock 40 Smoke has been merciful to Covent Garden market, and its cornucopia is not as dingy as a ramoneur's sack.

Compounds

Ramoneur machine n. a machine for sweeping chimneys.

ΚΠ

1843 Times 2 Feb. 5/4 The extraordinary advertisements..which have appeared in the Times and other papers in reference to the Ramoneur Machine.

1851 H. Mayhew London Labour II. 373/2 Cleansing chimneys with the Patent Ramoneur Machine.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online September 2020).

单词	ramoneur
释义	† ramoneurn. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French ramoneur. Etymology: < French ramoneur colour resembling that of soot (1843 or earlier), chimney sweep (c1470 in Middle French) < ramoner to sweep (c1210 in Old French; < ramon broom (although this is first attested slightly later: c1300; < rame branch (see rame n.¹) + -on -oon suffix)) + -eur -eur suffix. Obsolete. rare. 1. A colour resembling that of soot. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > black or blackness > [noun] > typical blackness > as soot fuliginousness1576 fuliginosity1662 ramoneur1793 1793–4 J. Swan in New Eng. Q. 10 (1937) 470 He even specified the colors preferred in taffetas: ‘brown, ramoneur, Quaker, white, black, pink, gray, blue and chocolate.’ 1835 Court Mag. 5 p. ii/1 Velvet and satin hats of a new colour called ramoneur (it is a dingy shade of brown, approaching nearly to black). 1849 New Monthly Mag. 85 454 The inventor and designer of those lovely ramoneur helmets. 2. A chimney sweep. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning house > [noun] > cleaning chimneys > one who chimney-sweeper?1518 sweep-chimney1657 lily-white1699 chimney-sweep1709 sooterkin1795 sweepy1798 sweep1812 ramoneura1859 chummy1860 chimney-cleanser1905 chimney-cleaner1906 fluonomist1946 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning house > [noun] > cleaning chimneys > machine for scandiscope1826 ramoneura1859 1850 Times 25 Jan. 5/3 Some sweeps..exerted themselves in such a way as to satisfy even the most captious philanthropist or ramoneur director that their calling was in no way injurious to the lungs.] a1859 Lady Morgan Memoirs (1862) I. v. 31 I was the first who applied the ramoneur to an Irish chimney in my own house. 1859 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock 40 Smoke has been merciful to Covent Garden market, and its cornucopia is not as dingy as a ramoneur's sack. Compounds Ramoneur machine n. a machine for sweeping chimneys. ΚΠ 1843 Times 2 Feb. 5/4 The extraordinary advertisements..which have appeared in the Times and other papers in reference to the Ramoneur Machine. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour II. 373/2 Cleansing chimneys with the Patent Ramoneur Machine. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < n.1793
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