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单词 sylvester
释义

sylvestern.1

Forms: Also silvester.
Etymology: In sense 1, < Latin syl-, silvestris; in sense 2, < Latin silvestre (sc. grānum seed), neuter of silvestris : see sylvester adj.
Obsolete.
1. In the system of Paracelsus, a spirit of the woods.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > nymph > dryad
hamadryad1390
Napaea?1553
dryad1555
sylvan1565
wood-nymph1577
sylvester1657
Napaean1753
Napaead1818
tree-nymph1831
1657 H. Pinnell tr. Crollius Philos. Reformed i. i. 27 In the Aire or our airy world there are Umbratils, Silvesters, Satyrs, whose Monsters are the Gyants.
1657 H. Pinnell tr. Crollius Philos. Reformed ii. 15 (margin) Gnomes, Sylvesters and Lemures.
2. Name for an inferior kind of cochineal (supposed, like the true cochineal, to be the seed of a plant).
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > red colouring matter > [noun] > dyes and dyestuffs
madderOE
grain1335
alkanet1343
Brazilc1386
crop-maddera1399
red-scarletc1400
alcanna?a1425
lac?c1425
madder root?c1450
incarnationa1475
jarecork1483
orchil1483
mull1507
orcanet1548
Bristol-red1551
red sanders1553
cochineal1582
safflower1583
chay1588
Pernambuco1595
red sanderswood1598
redwood1634
peach woodc1638
scarlet1653
mesteque1667
bow-dye1676
sylvester1697
corkir1703
gamene1703
orchilla1703
crap1721
saffranon1731
kino1788
Turkey red1789
lizary1791
granilla1812
munjeet1813
rubiate1835
orcein1838
purpurin1839
ruby wood1843
sassafrid1852
aal1853
pink salt1853
magenta1860
fuchsine1865
paeonin1865
safranine1868
corallin1873
marina1874
Magdala red1875
alizarin1878
eosin1879
Turkey red oil1879
roccelline1880
ponceau1885
amarant1888
phloxine1890
hypernic1897
Turkish red1900
Lithol red1930
1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World v. 124 The Friers get plentiful incomes;..in other places where they plant Cochoneel Trees, or Silvester Trees.
1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World viii. 229 The Silvester is a red grain growing in a Fruit much resembling the Cochineel-fruit.
1703 London Gaz. No. 3895/3 Goods out of the Mary Man of War from Vigo, consisting of Sugars,..Campuchina, or Silvester.
1791 W. Hamilton tr. C.-L. Berthollet Elements Art of Dyeing II. ii. iii. iii. 170 The sylvestris is a sort of cochineal.]
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

Sylvestern.2

/ˈsɪlvɪstə//sɪlˈvɛstə/
Etymology: Proper name.
St. Sylvester's day, December 31. Sylvester-eve, Sylvester-night [German Sylvesterabend] , the evening or night of December 31, New Year's Eve.
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the world > time > period > year > [noun] > specific days of the year > New-year's day or eve
year's dayOE
New Year's Dayc1175
hogmanay1681
singing-e'en1806
Sylvester1838
New Year's Eve1864
1838 S. Jackson tr. G. F. A. Strauss Reminisc. Lutheran Clergyman i. 50 I have never been able to feel joyful on Sylvester-eve, when I have spent it wholly in company.
1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond II. vii. 132 And so, the sylvester night passed away.
1866 C. Engel Introd. Study National Music viii. 276 In the villages of Northern Germany, it is not unusual for the cow~herd,..at midnight of Sylvester, to..sing a sacred hymn.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online September 2020).

sylvestersilvesteradj.

Etymology: < Latin sil-, sylvester, -tris, < silva , sylva n.
Obsolete. rare.
= sylvestrian adj.1
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the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [adjective] > belonging to, characteristic of, or resembling
sylvester1578
sylvana1586
woodish1588
woody1590
wooden1606
sylvestrial1607
sylvestric1623
sylvestrous1653
sylvatical1656
sylvestrious1656
sylvestrian1657
sylvatic1661
forestish1815
sylvestral1858
1578 T. Nicholas tr. F. Lopez de Gómara Pleasant Hist. Conquest W. India 378 They did mainteyne themselues with rootes, hearbes, and siluester fruites.
1720–21 Lett. from Mist's Jrnl. (1722) II. 169 One Time a mighty Plague did pester All Beasts Domestick and Sylvester.

Derivatives

sylˈvestral adj. Botany growing in woods or woodland places; of a type found in woods.
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the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [adjective] > belonging to, characteristic of, or resembling
sylvester1578
sylvana1586
woodish1588
woody1590
wooden1606
sylvestrial1607
sylvestric1623
sylvestrous1653
sylvatical1656
sylvestrious1656
sylvestrian1657
sylvatic1661
forestish1815
sylvestral1858
1858 A. Irvine Handbk. Brit. Plants 80 Sylvestral plants..grow chiefly in woods; but some..also in hedges, and more in bushy places.
1863 J. G. Baker N. Yorks. Stud. 181 Aboriginal species characteristically paludal, uliginal, ericetal, and sylvestral.
sylˈvestrial adj. = sylvestrian adj.1
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [adjective] > belonging to, characteristic of, or resembling
sylvester1578
sylvana1586
woodish1588
woody1590
wooden1606
sylvestrial1607
sylvestric1623
sylvestrous1653
sylvatical1656
sylvestrious1656
sylvestrian1657
sylvatic1661
forestish1815
sylvestral1858
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 630 All wilde siluestriall beastes are dryer then the tame, modern, and domesticall.
1620 T. Venner Via Recta iii. 64 It [sc. the pheasant] may of all syluestriall Fowle, well challenge the first place at tables.
sylˈvestric adj. Obsolete = sylvestrian adj.1
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [adjective] > belonging to, characteristic of, or resembling
sylvester1578
sylvana1586
woodish1588
woody1590
wooden1606
sylvestrial1607
sylvestric1623
sylvestrous1653
sylvatical1656
sylvestrious1656
sylvestrian1657
sylvatic1661
forestish1815
sylvestral1858
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. i Syluestrick, wilde, rusticall.
sylˈvestrious adj. Obsolete = sylvestrian adj.1
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [adjective] > belonging to, characteristic of, or resembling
sylvester1578
sylvana1586
woodish1588
woody1590
wooden1606
sylvestrial1607
sylvestric1623
sylvestrous1653
sylvatical1656
sylvestrious1656
sylvestrian1657
sylvatic1661
forestish1815
sylvestral1858
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Sylvestrick, Sylvestrious..of Wood or Forest, full of Trees or Wood, woody.
sylˈvestrous adj. Obsolete = sylvestrian adj.1
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [adjective] > belonging to, characteristic of, or resembling
sylvester1578
sylvana1586
woodish1588
woody1590
wooden1606
sylvestrial1607
sylvestric1623
sylvestrous1653
sylvatical1656
sylvestrious1656
sylvestrian1657
sylvatic1661
forestish1815
sylvestral1858
1653 R. Mason in J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis (rev. ed.) Let. to Author **4 The ruder crouds and silvestrous heards of mankinde.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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