Reckittn.

Brit.

/ˈrɛkɪt/, U.S.

/ˈrɛkət/

Forms: 1800s– Reckitt, 1900s– Reckett (nonstandard).

Origin: From proper names. Etymon: proper name Reckitt.

Etymology: < the name of Reckitt and Sons, a producer of household products founded by Isaac Reckitt (1792–1862) and continued by his sons.Reckitt is a proprietary name in the United Kingdom. Quot. 1922 at sense 3 is from a letter in French written by an English writer.

I. Compounds.

a. Reckitt's blue n. and adj. (a) n. a type of laundry whitener, now chiefly used as a brightening agent (cf. blue n. 1c); (also) the clear cobalt blue colour of this product; (b) adj. of this clear cobalt blue colour.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > [noun] > deep blue

powder blue1628

zaffre1662

ultramarine1695

smalt1775

ultramarine blue (or colour)1781

royal blue1782

smalt-blue1794

mazarine blue1803

blue feldspar1804

lazulite1807

cobalt1835

Vienna blue1835

Venetian bluec1840

bleu-de-roi1848

gentian blue1848

gentian1854

mazarine1857

night-blue1865

lapis lazuli1870

Reckitt's blue1877

royal1885

Littler's blue1904

delphine1909

delphinium1923

Madonna blue1932

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing agents > [noun] > preparations for washing clothes

blue starch1592

blue1620

powder blue1628

bluing1652

smalt-blue1735

blue bag1818

Reckitt's blue1877

washing-blue1881

scour1888

Reckitt's bag blue1925

Reckitt's blue bag1925

soil-release1969

1877 Trade Marks Jrnl. 19 Feb. 471 Reckitt's Blue in squares will be found far more beautiful & much more economical than any other... Francis Reckitt, of Hull, Yorkshire, on behalf of self and partner, James Reckitt, trading as I. Reckitt and Sons.

1894 D. C. Murray Making of Novelist v. 88 It represented a Dead Sea of Reckitt's Blue with two impossible ships wedged tightly into it.

1906 D. B. W. Sladen Carthage & Tunis II. xi. 462 The intense white of the plaster..[is] broken by the sea-green of the doors, which often have a Reckitt's-blue border round their arches.

1920 E. Sitwell Wooden Pegasus 83 Then (Recketts' blue) a puff of wind.

1962 Brandon (Manitoba) Sun 16 May 9/1 (advt.) Reckitts Blue actually helps to prevent yellowing.

1971 Guardian 6 Feb. 3/3 The flies zoom between the Reckitt's Blue walls.

1974 Times 16 Mar. 9/3 I..learned to distinguish the pale, restrained colours of good early prints..from the rancid Reckitt's blue of late Hiroshege.

2004 Jrnl. Coatings Technol. & Res. (Nexis) 1 52 The subsequent commercial products such as Dolly Blue, Robin Blue, and Reckitt's Blue are still in use today, although they have been superseded to a large degree by optical brighteners.

b. Reckitt's bag blue n. Reckitt's blue sold and used in a bag; an example of this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing agents > [noun] > preparations for washing clothes

blue starch1592

blue1620

powder blue1628

bluing1652

smalt-blue1735

blue bag1818

Reckitt's blue1877

washing-blue1881

scour1888

Reckitt's bag blue1925

Reckitt's blue bag1925

soil-release1969

1925 Manitoba Free Press 13 June 6/3 (advt.) Reckitts bag blue. Ready to use. Will not Streak or Soil Your Clothes.

1976 Trade Marks Jrnl. 1 Dec. 2497/2 Reckitt's Bag Blue. Ready for use... Laundry blue for sale in the United Kingdom and for export to the Irish Republic.

2005 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 28 Dec. 16 I have one Reckitt's Bag Blue, still in the box called ‘four knob pack’.

c. Reckitt's blue bag n. = Reckitt's bag blue n. at sense 1b.

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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing agents > [noun] > preparations for washing clothes

blue starch1592

blue1620

powder blue1628

bluing1652

smalt-blue1735

blue bag1818

Reckitt's blue1877

washing-blue1881

scour1888

Reckitt's bag blue1925

Reckitt's blue bag1925

soil-release1969

1925 H. H. Richardson Fortunes Richard Mahony II. ii. i. 113 As for the sky, Mahony declared it made him think of a Reckitt's bluebag.

2006 Hull Daily Mail (Nexis) 31 July 41 As well as whitening your clothes, Reckitt's Blue Bag reduced the pain of stings.

2. attributive and in the genitive. Designating the clear cobalt blue colour of Reckitt's blue. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1893 S. R. Crockett Stickit Minister 46 The book..was bound in a peculiarly deadly blue, of a rectified Reckitt tint, which gave you dazzles in the eye.

1937 M. Cran Garden Beyond vi. 81 One of her finest effects was from veronica of brilliant Reckitts colour.

II. Simple uses.

3. In the genitive, used absol. Reckitt's blue. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1922 A. Bennett Let. 1 Jan. (1986) IV. 319 La mer est bleue comme Reckitts et le ciel bleu comme Cambridge.]

1930 E. V. Lucas Down Sky 138 A bunch of yellow-haired girls lying on marble slabs looking at a sea of Reckitts.

1939 J. Joyce Finnegans Wake i. 212 Throw us your hudson soap for the honour of Clane!.. Ay, and don't forget the reckitts I lohaned you.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	reckitt
释义	Reckittn. Brit. /ˈrɛkɪt/, U.S. /ˈrɛkət/ Forms: 1800s– Reckitt, 1900s– Reckett (nonstandard). Origin: From proper names. Etymon: proper name Reckitt. Etymology: < the name of Reckitt and Sons, a producer of household products founded by Isaac Reckitt (1792–1862) and continued by his sons.Reckitt is a proprietary name in the United Kingdom. Quot. 1922 at sense 3 is from a letter in French written by an English writer. I. Compounds. 1. a. Reckitt's blue n. and adj. (a) n. a type of laundry whitener, now chiefly used as a brightening agent (cf. blue n. 1c); (also) the clear cobalt blue colour of this product; (b) adj. of this clear cobalt blue colour. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > [noun] > deep blue powder blue1628 zaffre1662 ultramarine1695 smalt1775 ultramarine blue (or colour)1781 royal blue1782 smalt-blue1794 mazarine blue1803 blue feldspar1804 lazulite1807 cobalt1835 Vienna blue1835 Venetian bluec1840 bleu-de-roi1848 gentian blue1848 gentian1854 mazarine1857 night-blue1865 lapis lazuli1870 Reckitt's blue1877 royal1885 Littler's blue1904 delphine1909 delphinium1923 Madonna blue1932 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing agents > [noun] > preparations for washing clothes blue starch1592 blue1620 powder blue1628 bluing1652 smalt-blue1735 blue bag1818 Reckitt's blue1877 washing-blue1881 scour1888 Reckitt's bag blue1925 Reckitt's blue bag1925 soil-release1969 1877 Trade Marks Jrnl. 19 Feb. 471 Reckitt's Blue in squares will be found far more beautiful & much more economical than any other... Francis Reckitt, of Hull, Yorkshire, on behalf of self and partner, James Reckitt, trading as I. Reckitt and Sons. 1894 D. C. Murray Making of Novelist v. 88 It represented a Dead Sea of Reckitt's Blue with two impossible ships wedged tightly into it. 1906 D. B. W. Sladen Carthage & Tunis II. xi. 462 The intense white of the plaster..[is] broken by the sea-green of the doors, which often have a Reckitt's-blue border round their arches. 1920 E. Sitwell Wooden Pegasus 83 Then (Recketts' blue) a puff of wind. 1962 Brandon (Manitoba) Sun 16 May 9/1 (advt.) Reckitts Blue actually helps to prevent yellowing. 1971 Guardian 6 Feb. 3/3 The flies zoom between the Reckitt's Blue walls. 1974 Times 16 Mar. 9/3 I..learned to distinguish the pale, restrained colours of good early prints..from the rancid Reckitt's blue of late Hiroshege. 2004 Jrnl. Coatings Technol. & Res. (Nexis) 1 52 The subsequent commercial products such as Dolly Blue, Robin Blue, and Reckitt's Blue are still in use today, although they have been superseded to a large degree by optical brighteners. b. Reckitt's bag blue n. Reckitt's blue sold and used in a bag; an example of this. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing agents > [noun] > preparations for washing clothes blue starch1592 blue1620 powder blue1628 bluing1652 smalt-blue1735 blue bag1818 Reckitt's blue1877 washing-blue1881 scour1888 Reckitt's bag blue1925 Reckitt's blue bag1925 soil-release1969 1925 Manitoba Free Press 13 June 6/3 (advt.) Reckitts bag blue. Ready to use. Will not Streak or Soil Your Clothes. 1976 Trade Marks Jrnl. 1 Dec. 2497/2 Reckitt's Bag Blue. Ready for use... Laundry blue for sale in the United Kingdom and for export to the Irish Republic. 2005 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 28 Dec. 16 I have one Reckitt's Bag Blue, still in the box called ‘four knob pack’. c. Reckitt's blue bag n. = Reckitt's bag blue n. at sense 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing agents > [noun] > preparations for washing clothes blue starch1592 blue1620 powder blue1628 bluing1652 smalt-blue1735 blue bag1818 Reckitt's blue1877 washing-blue1881 scour1888 Reckitt's bag blue1925 Reckitt's blue bag1925 soil-release1969 1925 H. H. Richardson Fortunes Richard Mahony II. ii. i. 113 As for the sky, Mahony declared it made him think of a Reckitt's bluebag. 2006 Hull Daily Mail (Nexis) 31 July 41 As well as whitening your clothes, Reckitt's Blue Bag reduced the pain of stings. 2. attributive and in the genitive. Designating the clear cobalt blue colour of Reckitt's blue. Now rare. ΚΠ 1893 S. R. Crockett Stickit Minister 46 The book..was bound in a peculiarly deadly blue, of a rectified Reckitt tint, which gave you dazzles in the eye. 1937 M. Cran Garden Beyond vi. 81 One of her finest effects was from veronica of brilliant Reckitts colour. II. Simple uses. 3. In the genitive, used absol. Reckitt's blue. Now rare. ΚΠ 1922 A. Bennett Let. 1 Jan. (1986) IV. 319 La mer est bleue comme Reckitts et le ciel bleu comme Cambridge.] 1930 E. V. Lucas Down Sky 138 A bunch of yellow-haired girls lying on marble slabs looking at a sea of Reckitts. 1939 J. Joyce Finnegans Wake i. 212 Throw us your hudson soap for the honour of Clane!.. Ay, and don't forget the reckitts I lohaned you. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1877
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