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单词 subcitrine
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subcitrineadj.

Forms: Middle English subcitryn, Middle English subcitryne, Middle English subtryne (transmission error), Middle English 1700s subcitrin, 1500s–1600s subcitrine.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin subcitrinus.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin subcitrinus yellowish (from 13th cent. in British sources) < sub- sub- prefix + citrinus citrine adj.
Obsolete.
Esp. of urine: of a pale or lemon yellow colour.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [adjective] > pale yellow > greenish
subcitrinec1386
citrinea1398
citron-coloured1574
citrean1656
citrinous1665
primrose-coloured1747
lemon-coloured1758
primrose1788
lemon-yellow1807
citron-hued1852
lemon1875
primrosy1882
citron1924
c1386 Almanac (1812) 30 Uryne of a vyrgyn sal be welnere as subcitryne, wherfore uryne lymd and owre clere bytokens a constant virgyn and stable.
a1425 ( H. Daniel Liber Uricrisiarum (Wellcome 225) 321 When colre citrin is indigest, þe uryn is subcitrin & wondyr thyn.
?1527 Iudycyall of Vryns i. iii. f. 6v Theyr vryne is faynt of colour, as subcitrine or ȝelowysshe.
1572 J. Jones Bathes of Bathes Ayde iii. f. 26v Chaffie, or subcitrine coloure.
1637 T. Brian Pisse-prophet vi. 51 Taking the Urinall out of the case (perceiving it to be of a subcitrine or pale colour).
1675 G. Harvey Dis. of London 189 The Complexion of the whole habit of Body, tending to a Cineritious or Subcitrine defœdation, and in some to a Verdure.
1702 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 23 1281 They [sc. gall stones] usually are of subcitrin colour, resemble bright Myrrh, and seem an aggregate of small Stones.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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