snow-whiteadj.n.

/ˈsnəʊhwʌɪt/

Forms: (see snow n.¹ and white adj. and n.).

Etymology: < snow n.¹ Compare Frisian sniewit, Middle Dutch sne(e)wit (Dutch sneeuwwit), Middle Low German snewit, Middle High German snêwîz (German schneeweiss), Old Norse snǽ-, snjóhvítr (Swedish snöhvit, Danish snehvid).

A. adj.

a. White as snow; pure white.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > [adjective] > pure white > as snow

snow-whitec1000

as pure (also white) as (the) driven snowc1330

snowishc1374

snowy1590

nixious1623

snow-like1663

snow1750

α.

c1000 Ælfric in Assmann Ags. Hom. iv. 186 Ða gesloh hine sona se snawhwita hreofla.

a1200 St. Marher. 18 The hude snaw hwit swartete as hit snarchte.

a1225 Leg. Kath. 2443 Heo..strahte forð swiftliche þe snawhwite swire.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12237 Þreo snau whte [read snau-white; c1300 Otho wite] culueren.

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 29 Oxne and Bules snawquhyte with a mane thick.

1790 R. Burns Tam o' Shanter 154 in Poems & Songs (1968) II. 562 Snaw-white seventeen hunder linnen!

β. c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 115 Þe engles þe wið þe apostles stoden mid snouwite shrude.?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 234 Efter his deað com anicht..in snaw hwite schrudes.c1386 G. Chaucer Second Nun's Tale 254 Tuo corunes han we, Snow white and Rose reed, that shynen cleere.1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 306 That ther he was snow whyt tofore, Evere afterward colblak therfore He was transformed.c1450 Godstow Reg. 17 Þat we ben cladde in a snow-whyȝt stole. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 60 Heere..fowre fayre steeds snow whit I marcked.c1610–1615 Life Holie Keyna in C. Horstmann Lives Women Saints (1886) 39 She thought she brought forth a snow-white doue.a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1645 (1955) II. 358 With her statue over it, cut in snow-white Marble.1765 Philos. Trans. 1764 (Royal Soc.) 54 97 It has a body like a gnat, snow-white.1807 T. Thomson Syst. Chem. (ed. 3) II. 277 Camphoric acid thus obtained is in snow-white crystals.1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. iii. 30 Above all rose the snow-white cone of the Ortler.1877 W. Black Green Pastures & Piccadilly I. ii. 25 Two snow-white and waxen hyacinths.in combination.1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Linaria The snow-white flowered creeping toad flax.1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Plumeria The snow-white-flowered plumeria, with..pointed leaves.

b. Clad in robes of pure white. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing clothing for body (and limbs) > wearing loose clothing > wearing a robe or gown > of specific kind > types of

rose-coloured1546

togeda1616

rug-gowned1630

togated1634

pretextate1657

black-robed1673

ermined1735

night-robed1799

snow-white1847

togate1851

vestmented1859

togaed1860

kimonoed1894

1847 R. W. Emerson Poems 8 Her beauty's best attire Was woven still by the snow-white quire.

2. In the specific names of fishes, birds, or moths (see quots.).

ΚΠ

1804 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. V. i. 73 Snow-white Salmon.

1809 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. VII. i. 149 Snow-White Falcon.

1809 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. VII. i. 240 Snow-white Owl spotted with black.

1832 J. Rennie Conspectus Butterflies & Moths Brit. 224 The Snow White Spot (Incurvaria spuria).

1832 J. Rennie Conspectus Butterflies & Moths Brit. 230 The Snow-white Plume (Pterophorus niveidactylus).

B. n.

1. Pure white.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > [noun] > pure whiteness > as snow

snowiness1727

snowa1745

snow-whiteness1856

snow-white1890

1890 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 26 170 The flowers varied in colour from snow-white to green and white flushed with crimson purple.

2. A kind of wool of this colour.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > wool > [noun] > type of > other

cot1471

wool1608

Lemster ore1610

belta1641

vigone1656

downright1749

stitchel1775

super1797

Saxony1842

lustre1894

snow-white1896

sixties-

1896 Daily News 23 Jan. 9/4 Cape and Natal wools meet with good competition, and medium to superior snow-whites..have advanced.

Derivatives

snow-whiteness n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > [noun] > pure whiteness > as snow

snowiness1727

snowa1745

snow-whiteness1856

snow-white1890

1856 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters IV. 53 The authority for using snow-whiteness as a type of purity.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	snow-white
释义	snow-whiteadj.n. /ˈsnəʊhwʌɪt/ Forms: (see snow n.¹ and white adj. and n.). Etymology: < snow n.¹ Compare Frisian sniewit, Middle Dutch sne(e)wit (Dutch sneeuwwit), Middle Low German snewit, Middle High German snêwîz (German schneeweiss), Old Norse snǽ-, snjóhvítr (Swedish snöhvit, Danish snehvid). A. adj. 1. a. White as snow; pure white. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > [adjective] > pure white > as snow snow-whitec1000 as pure (also white) as (the) driven snowc1330 snowishc1374 snowy1590 nixious1623 snow-like1663 snow1750 α. c1000 Ælfric in Assmann Ags. Hom. iv. 186 Ða gesloh hine sona se snawhwita hreofla. a1200 St. Marher. 18 The hude snaw hwit swartete as hit snarchte. a1225 Leg. Kath. 2443 Heo..strahte forð swiftliche þe snawhwite swire. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12237 Þreo snau whte [read snau-white; c1300 Otho wite] culueren. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 29 Oxne and Bules snawquhyte with a mane thick. 1790 R. Burns Tam o' Shanter 154 in Poems & Songs (1968) II. 562 Snaw-white seventeen hunder linnen! β. c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 115 Þe engles þe wið þe apostles stoden mid snouwite shrude.?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 234 Efter his deað com anicht..in snaw hwite schrudes.c1386 G. Chaucer Second Nun's Tale 254 Tuo corunes han we, Snow white and Rose reed, that shynen cleere.1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 306 That ther he was snow whyt tofore, Evere afterward colblak therfore He was transformed.c1450 Godstow Reg. 17 Þat we ben cladde in a snow-whyȝt stole. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 60 Heere..fowre fayre steeds snow whit I marcked.c1610–1615 Life Holie Keyna in C. Horstmann Lives Women Saints (1886) 39 She thought she brought forth a snow-white doue.a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1645 (1955) II. 358 With her statue over it, cut in snow-white Marble.1765 Philos. Trans. 1764 (Royal Soc.) 54 97 It has a body like a gnat, snow-white.1807 T. Thomson Syst. Chem. (ed. 3) II. 277 Camphoric acid thus obtained is in snow-white crystals.1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. iii. 30 Above all rose the snow-white cone of the Ortler.1877 W. Black Green Pastures & Piccadilly I. ii. 25 Two snow-white and waxen hyacinths.in combination.1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Linaria The snow-white flowered creeping toad flax.1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Plumeria The snow-white-flowered plumeria, with..pointed leaves. b. Clad in robes of pure white. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing clothing for body (and limbs) > wearing loose clothing > wearing a robe or gown > of specific kind > types of rose-coloured1546 togeda1616 rug-gowned1630 togated1634 pretextate1657 black-robed1673 ermined1735 night-robed1799 snow-white1847 togate1851 vestmented1859 togaed1860 kimonoed1894 1847 R. W. Emerson Poems 8 Her beauty's best attire Was woven still by the snow-white quire. 2. In the specific names of fishes, birds, or moths (see quots.). ΚΠ 1804 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. V. i. 73 Snow-white Salmon. 1809 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. VII. i. 149 Snow-White Falcon. 1809 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. VII. i. 240 Snow-white Owl spotted with black. 1832 J. Rennie Conspectus Butterflies & Moths Brit. 224 The Snow White Spot (Incurvaria spuria). 1832 J. Rennie Conspectus Butterflies & Moths Brit. 230 The Snow-white Plume (Pterophorus niveidactylus). B. n. 1. Pure white. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > [noun] > pure whiteness > as snow snowiness1727 snowa1745 snow-whiteness1856 snow-white1890 1890 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 26 170 The flowers varied in colour from snow-white to green and white flushed with crimson purple. 2. A kind of wool of this colour. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > wool > [noun] > type of > other cot1471 wool1608 Lemster ore1610 belta1641 vigone1656 downright1749 stitchel1775 super1797 Saxony1842 lustre1894 snow-white1896 sixties- 1896 Daily News 23 Jan. 9/4 Cape and Natal wools meet with good competition, and medium to superior snow-whites..have advanced. Derivatives snow-whiteness n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > [noun] > pure whiteness > as snow snowiness1727 snowa1745 snow-whiteness1856 snow-white1890 1856 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters IV. 53 The authority for using snow-whiteness as a type of purity. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.n.c1000
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