sequinn.

Brit.

/ˈsiːkwɪn/, U.S.

/ˈsikwᵻn/

Forms: 1600s– sequin, 1700s sechin, 1800s– seguin (rare).

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

Etymology: < French sequin gold coin of a type minted originally in Venice (1532; 1400 as essequin ), this coin worn as an ornament (1817), small disc sewn onto a garment for decorative purposes (1847 or earlier), probably < Italian zecchino zecchino n. (although this is first attested later). Compare earlier chequin n., zecchino n.With the form seguin perhaps compare French †seguin (early 16th cent. in Middle French); apparent sporadic voicing of the medial voiceless plosive is also seen in Middle French secguin (1567).

1. A gold coin of a type minted originally by the Republic of Venice, and until the 19th cent. used widely in trade and commerce throughout Europe, the eastern Mediterranean, and further afield; any of various similar gold coins minted elsewhere, esp. those produced to the same standards as the Venetian coin for the purpose of facilitating international trade; = zecchino n. Cf. chequin n., ducat n. 1a. Now historical or archaic.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > Italian or Sicilian coins

florin1303

janec1386

ducatc1470

ouncec1520

bajoccoa1549

denara1549

julioa1549

zecchino1572

chequina1587

mocenigo1599

soldo1599

quattrino1605

gazet1607

lira1617

paolo1617

sequin1617

julet1632

betso1641

quadruple1655

scudoc1660

doppy1691

Venetian1698

carlin?1706

pentecontalitron1738

paul1767

crazia1805

centesimo1840

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > Turkish coins

zecchino1572

serapha1576

manghir1585

chequina1587

asper1587

sultane1612

sultanina1613

sultanya1613

sherifi1615

piastre1617

sequin1617

sultana1656

sultaness1661

para1687

medjidie1855

kurus1882

metalik1895

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 292 At Naples..ten quatrines make one sequin.

1677 J. Phillips tr. J.-B. Tavernier New Relation Seraglio 14 in tr. J.-B. Tavernier Six Voy. (1678) The Scherif, otherwise called Sequin, or Sultanine.

1715 A. Philips tr. Thousand & One Days III. 40 He lent a thousand Sequins to Doctor Danischmende, who denies that he ever received them.

1788 T. Jefferson Let. 11 Aug. in Papers (1956) XIII. 500 The government of Algiers demands of France 60,000 sequins, or 27,000£ sterling.

1817 in R. Walpole Mem. relating to European & Asiatic Turkey xxvi. 399 Each tress was plaited, one half of it being adorned with Venetian sequins, the other half with a string of pearls.

1870 B. Disraeli Lothair (new ed.) lxxii Velvet bags, one full of pearls, another of rubies, others of Venetian sequins.

1928 Boys' Life July 55/2 His share of the spoils amounted to five hundred sequins—about a thousand dollars.

1984 G. Jennings Journeyer (1988) Venice ii. 23 That page boy carried the purse and counted out the ducats or sequins or soldi as they were spent.

2003 Middle East Stud. Assoc. Bull. 37 33 Trade towards the interior..was mainly in Persian carpets and silk, pearls, Maria Theresa thalers and Venetian sequins.

2. A small, shiny disc, typically metallic or iridescent in appearance, which is sewn on to fabric or clothing for decoration. Cf. spangle n.¹ 1a.Now the usual sense.Quot. 1852 may refer to coins used as ornaments in this way; cf. quot. 1817 at sense 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > ornamental textiles > ornamental trimmings > [noun] > other

label1440

tag1570

O1587

velvet-guard1598

seam1687

looping1690

patte1835

sequin1857

flot1872

torsade1872

Sicilian embroidery1882

astrakhan1887

goffering1889

fob1894

strass1926

1852 tr. L. Prus Resid. in Algeria 283 The children..wear the ‘chachia’ or Tunisian cap..covered with sequins, and ornamented with a golden tassel.]

1857 Standard 9 July 3/7 A gown of white satin covered with chiffon embroidered with sequins of turquoise blue.

1882 Daily News 3 June 3/1 Never before, probably, have dress trimmings been more artistic than they are now. Sequins are the newest.

1909 ‘Vernon Lee’ in Eng. Rev. Feb. 454 Slave girls with stuff of striped silver about their loins and sequins at the end of their long hair.

1954 Life 6 Dec. 115/3 Plain glass balls can be brushed with glue, sprinkled with sequins or confetti.

2008 Outlook 24 Mar. 52/2 High-collared, short-sleeved dresses in muted colours shimmering in metallic sequins.

Compounds

C1. Instrumental and similative (in sense 2), as sequin-adorned, sequin-bright, sequin-covered, sequin-sewn, etc., adjs.

ΚΠ

1894 Illustr. London News 23 June 794/3 A deep belt of the sequin-covered net.

1896 Westm. Gaz. 28 May 3/1 To much manipulate or trim embroidered and sequin sewn fabrics were to defeat their charm.

1904 Westm. Gaz. 7 Jan. 3/2 An evening frock of black chiffon with wide insertion of sequin-weighted lace.

1961 P. Ustinov Loser xi. 246 She oscillated listlessly in nothing but a spangled brassière and a sequin-covered cache sexe the shape of a heart.

1990 B. Raskin Current Affairs i. 12 Shay gives him one of her sequin-bright smiles and then completely forgets his existence.

2016 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 7 Jan. 15 She dazzled in a sequin-adorned evening gown.

C2.

† sequin gold n. Obsolete fine gold of high purity, suitable for the production of sequin coins (see sense 1) and often used to make gold leaf for use in gilding; = ducat gold n. at ducat n. Compounds.

ΚΠ

1804 Monthly Visitor Oct. 171 A tolerable large nave, all the carved ornaments of which are gilded with sequin gold at the expence of the grand-master Coloner.

1868 J. R. Eckfield & W. E. Du Bois Man. Gold & Silver Coins 195 in Amer. Jrnl. Numismatics May 2 Ducat-gold, like sequin-gold, was no doubt originally supposed to be absolutely pure; at any rate, as good as the aureus and bezant of earlier times.

1892 Daily Picayune (New Orleans) 20 Mar. 19/4 The walls are fretted in curious devices, gilt with sequin gold.

† sequin hazard n. Obsolete a gambling game played with dice; = chicken hazard n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > [noun] > other dice games

rafflec1405

passagec1425

treygobet1426

mumchance1528

trey-trip1564

lots?1577

novum?1577

fox-mine-host1622

in and in1630

merry main1664

snake1688

pass-dice1753

chicken hazard1781

Shaking in the Shallow1795

sequin hazard1825

chuck-a-luck1836

Newmarket1837

chicken1849

poker dice1870

under and over1890

sweat1894

crown and anchor1902

Murrumbidgee1917

beetle1936

liar dice1946

Yahtzee1957

1825 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 2nd Ser. II. 8 If any body had a desire for a little sequin hazard, there were such things as dice at hand.

1826 T. H. Lister Granby II. xiii. 168 ‘Only a little sequin hazard,’ said Tyrrel; ‘just a few throws pour passer le temps’.

1840 T. E. Hook Precepts & Pract. I. 110 The two guardians, finding the peace establishment dull, were pleased to dissipate, in a game of sequin hazard, and a bottle of the best wine the ‘Cave’ afforded.

1854 Proc. Philol. Soc. 5 138 Sequin hazard (played for sequins).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

sequinv.

Brit.

/ˈsiːkwɪn/, U.S.

/ˈsikwᵻn/

Inflections: Present participle sequinning, (chiefly U.S.) sequining; past tense and past participle sequinned, (chiefly U.S.) sequined;

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: sequin n.

Etymology: < sequin n. Compare slightly earlier sequinned adj.

transitive. To decorate with sequins (sequin n. 2). Also figurative: to cause to sparkle or glint as if decorated with sequins.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > ornament [verb (transitive)] > spangle

spangle1548

spang1552

bespangle1593

o1628

bespankle1629

starrify1633

sequin1893

1893 Weekly Standard & Express (Blackburn) 4 Nov. 3/1 We are to rush to extremes as usual and be sequined and beaded and clad in flashes of garish colour.

1918 E. Sitwell Clowns' Houses 8 Beside the sea, metallic-bright And sequined with the noisy light.

1982 C. Castle Folies Bergère vi. 221 To sequin a costume (all done by hand) more than eleven days work is put into the garment by two pailleteuses.

1999 Vanity Fair Dec. 274/1 Earlier that week, fog and chilly drizzle had sequined the trees and turned the soil a deep red.

2014 Murray Valley (Austral.) Standard (Nexis) 18 Dec. 35 Parents and guardians work tirelessly behind the scenes, spending hours mending, creating and sequinning the costumes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sequin
释义	sequinn. Brit. /ˈsiːkwɪn/, U.S. /ˈsikwᵻn/ Forms: 1600s– sequin, 1700s sechin, 1800s– seguin (rare). Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French sequin. Etymology: < French sequin gold coin of a type minted originally in Venice (1532; 1400 as essequin ), this coin worn as an ornament (1817), small disc sewn onto a garment for decorative purposes (1847 or earlier), probably < Italian zecchino zecchino n. (although this is first attested later). Compare earlier chequin n., zecchino n.With the form seguin perhaps compare French †seguin (early 16th cent. in Middle French); apparent sporadic voicing of the medial voiceless plosive is also seen in Middle French secguin (1567). 1. A gold coin of a type minted originally by the Republic of Venice, and until the 19th cent. used widely in trade and commerce throughout Europe, the eastern Mediterranean, and further afield; any of various similar gold coins minted elsewhere, esp. those produced to the same standards as the Venetian coin for the purpose of facilitating international trade; = zecchino n. Cf. chequin n., ducat n. 1a. Now historical or archaic. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > Italian or Sicilian coins florin1303 janec1386 ducatc1470 ouncec1520 bajoccoa1549 denara1549 julioa1549 zecchino1572 chequina1587 mocenigo1599 soldo1599 quattrino1605 gazet1607 lira1617 paolo1617 sequin1617 julet1632 betso1641 quadruple1655 scudoc1660 doppy1691 Venetian1698 carlin?1706 pentecontalitron1738 paul1767 crazia1805 centesimo1840 society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > Turkish coins zecchino1572 serapha1576 manghir1585 chequina1587 asper1587 sultane1612 sultanina1613 sultanya1613 sherifi1615 piastre1617 sequin1617 sultana1656 sultaness1661 para1687 medjidie1855 kurus1882 metalik1895 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 292 At Naples..ten quatrines make one sequin. 1677 J. Phillips tr. J.-B. Tavernier New Relation Seraglio 14 in tr. J.-B. Tavernier Six Voy. (1678) The Scherif, otherwise called Sequin, or Sultanine. 1715 A. Philips tr. Thousand & One Days III. 40 He lent a thousand Sequins to Doctor Danischmende, who denies that he ever received them. 1788 T. Jefferson Let. 11 Aug. in Papers (1956) XIII. 500 The government of Algiers demands of France 60,000 sequins, or 27,000£ sterling. 1817 in R. Walpole Mem. relating to European & Asiatic Turkey xxvi. 399 Each tress was plaited, one half of it being adorned with Venetian sequins, the other half with a string of pearls. 1870 B. Disraeli Lothair (new ed.) lxxii Velvet bags, one full of pearls, another of rubies, others of Venetian sequins. 1928 Boys' Life July 55/2 His share of the spoils amounted to five hundred sequins—about a thousand dollars. 1984 G. Jennings Journeyer (1988) Venice ii. 23 That page boy carried the purse and counted out the ducats or sequins or soldi as they were spent. 2003 Middle East Stud. Assoc. Bull. 37 33 Trade towards the interior..was mainly in Persian carpets and silk, pearls, Maria Theresa thalers and Venetian sequins. 2. A small, shiny disc, typically metallic or iridescent in appearance, which is sewn on to fabric or clothing for decoration. Cf. spangle n.¹ 1a.Now the usual sense.Quot. 1852 may refer to coins used as ornaments in this way; cf. quot. 1817 at sense 1. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > ornamental textiles > ornamental trimmings > [noun] > other label1440 tag1570 O1587 velvet-guard1598 seam1687 looping1690 patte1835 sequin1857 flot1872 torsade1872 Sicilian embroidery1882 astrakhan1887 goffering1889 fob1894 strass1926 1852 tr. L. Prus Resid. in Algeria 283 The children..wear the ‘chachia’ or Tunisian cap..covered with sequins, and ornamented with a golden tassel.] 1857 Standard 9 July 3/7 A gown of white satin covered with chiffon embroidered with sequins of turquoise blue. 1882 Daily News 3 June 3/1 Never before, probably, have dress trimmings been more artistic than they are now. Sequins are the newest. 1909 ‘Vernon Lee’ in Eng. Rev. Feb. 454 Slave girls with stuff of striped silver about their loins and sequins at the end of their long hair. 1954 Life 6 Dec. 115/3 Plain glass balls can be brushed with glue, sprinkled with sequins or confetti. 2008 Outlook 24 Mar. 52/2 High-collared, short-sleeved dresses in muted colours shimmering in metallic sequins. Compounds C1. Instrumental and similative (in sense 2), as sequin-adorned, sequin-bright, sequin-covered, sequin-sewn, etc., adjs. ΚΠ 1894 Illustr. London News 23 June 794/3 A deep belt of the sequin-covered net. 1896 Westm. Gaz. 28 May 3/1 To much manipulate or trim embroidered and sequin sewn fabrics were to defeat their charm. 1904 Westm. Gaz. 7 Jan. 3/2 An evening frock of black chiffon with wide insertion of sequin-weighted lace. 1961 P. Ustinov Loser xi. 246 She oscillated listlessly in nothing but a spangled brassière and a sequin-covered cache sexe the shape of a heart. 1990 B. Raskin Current Affairs i. 12 Shay gives him one of her sequin-bright smiles and then completely forgets his existence. 2016 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 7 Jan. 15 She dazzled in a sequin-adorned evening gown. C2. † sequin gold n. Obsolete fine gold of high purity, suitable for the production of sequin coins (see sense 1) and often used to make gold leaf for use in gilding; = ducat gold n. at ducat n. Compounds. ΚΠ 1804 Monthly Visitor Oct. 171 A tolerable large nave, all the carved ornaments of which are gilded with sequin gold at the expence of the grand-master Coloner. 1868 J. R. Eckfield & W. E. Du Bois Man. Gold & Silver Coins 195 in Amer. Jrnl. Numismatics May 2 Ducat-gold, like sequin-gold, was no doubt originally supposed to be absolutely pure; at any rate, as good as the aureus and bezant of earlier times. 1892 Daily Picayune (New Orleans) 20 Mar. 19/4 The walls are fretted in curious devices, gilt with sequin gold. † sequin hazard n. Obsolete a gambling game played with dice; = chicken hazard n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > [noun] > other dice games rafflec1405 passagec1425 treygobet1426 mumchance1528 trey-trip1564 lots?1577 novum?1577 fox-mine-host1622 in and in1630 merry main1664 snake1688 pass-dice1753 chicken hazard1781 Shaking in the Shallow1795 sequin hazard1825 chuck-a-luck1836 Newmarket1837 chicken1849 poker dice1870 under and over1890 sweat1894 crown and anchor1902 Murrumbidgee1917 beetle1936 liar dice1946 Yahtzee1957 1825 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 2nd Ser. II. 8 If any body had a desire for a little sequin hazard, there were such things as dice at hand. 1826 T. H. Lister Granby II. xiii. 168 ‘Only a little sequin hazard,’ said Tyrrel; ‘just a few throws pour passer le temps’. 1840 T. E. Hook Precepts & Pract. I. 110 The two guardians, finding the peace establishment dull, were pleased to dissipate, in a game of sequin hazard, and a bottle of the best wine the ‘Cave’ afforded. 1854 Proc. Philol. Soc. 5 138 Sequin hazard (played for sequins). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). sequinv. Brit. /ˈsiːkwɪn/, U.S. /ˈsikwᵻn/ Inflections: Present participle sequinning, (chiefly U.S.) sequining; past tense and past participle sequinned, (chiefly U.S.) sequined; Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: sequin n. Etymology: < sequin n. Compare slightly earlier sequinned adj. transitive. To decorate with sequins (sequin n. 2). Also figurative: to cause to sparkle or glint as if decorated with sequins. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > ornament [verb (transitive)] > spangle spangle1548 spang1552 bespangle1593 o1628 bespankle1629 starrify1633 sequin1893 1893 Weekly Standard & Express (Blackburn) 4 Nov. 3/1 We are to rush to extremes as usual and be sequined and beaded and clad in flashes of garish colour. 1918 E. Sitwell Clowns' Houses 8 Beside the sea, metallic-bright And sequined with the noisy light. 1982 C. Castle Folies Bergère vi. 221 To sequin a costume (all done by hand) more than eleven days work is put into the garment by two pailleteuses. 1999 Vanity Fair Dec. 274/1 Earlier that week, fog and chilly drizzle had sequined the trees and turned the soil a deep red. 2014 Murray Valley (Austral.) Standard (Nexis) 18 Dec. 35 Parents and guardians work tirelessly behind the scenes, spending hours mending, creating and sequinning the costumes. 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