rosy-fingeredadj.

Brit.

/ˈrəʊzɪˌfɪŋɡəd/, U.S.

/ˈroʊziˌfɪŋ(ɡ)ərd/

Forms: see rosy adj. and n. and fingered adj.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rosy adj., fingered adj.¹

Etymology: < rosy adj. + fingered adj.¹With allusion to the dawn, after ancient Greek ῥοδοδάκτυλος rosy-fingered, in ῥοδοδάκτυλος ἠώς rosy-fingered dawn (Homer Odyssey 2. 1, etc.). The expression occurs five times in the Iliad and twenty-two times in the Odyssey, always at the end of a hexameter line.

Chiefly poetic.

Having rosy-coloured fingers. Also figurative. Frequently as a conventional epithet for dawn.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > [adjective] > red (of sunrise or sunset)

redOE

rosy-fingered1590

rose-fingered1599

the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective] > rose-red or -pink

rosenOE

rose-redOE

rosy1381

rosat?c1425

roseate1449

rosy-redc1450

rosetc1500

rosing?a1505

rose-coloured1526

rose-like1530

roseal1531

rosal1566

rosy-fingered1590

red rose1591

rosy-coloured1597

carnation1598

damask1598

rosied1600

damasked1609

rosical1631

roseac1638

rose1667

bloom-coloured1678

rose pink1778

rosaceous1783

rose-tinted1804

rose1806

rose1832

rose du Barry1856

blush-rose1888

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. ii. sig. B4 The rosy fingred Morning faire.

1601 B. Jonson Fountaine of Selfe-love iii. v. sig. F4 Take her by the Rosie-fingerd hand.

1656 J. Smith Myst. Rhetorique Unvail'd 9 Poets, that choose rather to say, rosie-fingered Aurora than red-fingered Aurora.

1685 J. Dryden Albion & Albanius ii. sig. F1 The Rosy finger'd Morn appears.

1762 W. Cowper To Miss Macartney 97 So may the rosy-finger'd hours Lead on the various year.

1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. ix. 194 The rosy-fingered daughter of the dawn.

1855 C. Kingsley Heroes (1868) iv. 45 Rosy-fingered Eos came blushing up the sky.

1871 F. T. Palgrave Lyrical Poems 83 Rosy-finger'd ye come, and golden-hair'd as the day.

1919 Outing Mar. 318/3 The cock's shrill clarion, the rosy fingered daughter of the dawn, and the clear fresh ozone are all very appealing to me.

1979 G. Black Night Run from Java xv. 180 Dawn wasn't exactly rosy-fingered. It offered just a greyish overcoat.

1998 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Oct. 154/1 Dawn..[was] rosy fingered from handling ice-cold beverages here on the slopes of mount Olympus.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rosy-fingered
释义	rosy-fingeredadj. Brit. /ˈrəʊzɪˌfɪŋɡəd/, U.S. /ˈroʊziˌfɪŋ(ɡ)ərd/ Forms: see rosy adj. and n. and fingered adj.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rosy adj., fingered adj.¹ Etymology: < rosy adj. + fingered adj.¹With allusion to the dawn, after ancient Greek ῥοδοδάκτυλος rosy-fingered, in ῥοδοδάκτυλος ἠώς rosy-fingered dawn (Homer Odyssey 2. 1, etc.). The expression occurs five times in the Iliad and twenty-two times in the Odyssey, always at the end of a hexameter line. Chiefly poetic. Having rosy-coloured fingers. Also figurative. Frequently as a conventional epithet for dawn. ΘΚΠ the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > [adjective] > red (of sunrise or sunset) redOE rosy-fingered1590 rose-fingered1599 the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective] > rose-red or -pink rosenOE rose-redOE rosy1381 rosat?c1425 roseate1449 rosy-redc1450 rosetc1500 rosing?a1505 rose-coloured1526 rose-like1530 roseal1531 rosal1566 rosy-fingered1590 red rose1591 rosy-coloured1597 carnation1598 damask1598 rosied1600 damasked1609 rosical1631 roseac1638 rose1667 bloom-coloured1678 rose pink1778 rosaceous1783 rose-tinted1804 rose1806 rose1832 rose du Barry1856 blush-rose1888 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. ii. sig. B4 The rosy fingred Morning faire. 1601 B. Jonson Fountaine of Selfe-love iii. v. sig. F4 Take her by the Rosie-fingerd hand. View more context for this quotation 1656 J. Smith Myst. Rhetorique Unvail'd 9 Poets, that choose rather to say, rosie-fingered Aurora than red-fingered Aurora. 1685 J. Dryden Albion & Albanius ii. sig. F1 The Rosy finger'd Morn appears. 1762 W. Cowper To Miss Macartney 97 So may the rosy-finger'd hours Lead on the various year. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. ix. 194 The rosy-fingered daughter of the dawn. 1855 C. Kingsley Heroes (1868) iv. 45 Rosy-fingered Eos came blushing up the sky. 1871 F. T. Palgrave Lyrical Poems 83 Rosy-finger'd ye come, and golden-hair'd as the day. 1919 Outing Mar. 318/3 The cock's shrill clarion, the rosy fingered daughter of the dawn, and the clear fresh ozone are all very appealing to me. 1979 G. Black Night Run from Java xv. 180 Dawn wasn't exactly rosy-fingered. It offered just a greyish overcoat. 1998 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Oct. 154/1 Dawn..[was] rosy fingered from handling ice-cold beverages here on the slopes of mount Olympus. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1590
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