单词 | titian |
释义 | Titiann.adj. A. n. A person, esp. a woman, resembling a figure painted by Titian, esp. in having hair of a bright golden auburn; (more generally) a red-headed person, a redhead. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > colour of hair > [noun] > red > person having redhead1510 ginger1823 Titian1839 bricktop1841 rufus1846 sorrel-top1863 ginger nob1878 coppernob1880 bluey1892 ginge1911 ranga2003 1839 Corsair 8 June 195/2 She's a Titian—pink and white—fresh like cream—Titian—damme!—Titian. 1889 Weekly Nebraska State Jrnl. 4 Oct. 1/1 There are two varieties of red-headed girls, the carroty red, whose complexion invariably freckles, and the Titians, red and auburn, whose complexions are of dazzling whiteness. 1923 Times 3 May 14/6 (advt.) Técla pearls..are equally becoming whether worn by blondes, brunettes, or Titians. 1967 Thomasville (Georgia) Times-Enterprise 24 June 4/5 A bevy of blondes, redheads, brunettes and titians, fetchingly attired in the latest-style bikinis. 2004 Western Mail (Cardiff) (Nexis) 6 July 10 For those who like their titians a little on the blonde side, there's also our very own Welshman, Iwan Thomas. B. adj. 1. Of hair: having a bright golden auburn colour resembling that portrayed in many of the paintings of Titian; (more generally) red. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > colour of hair > [adjective] > red redc1275 auburn1591 Abraham?1592 sorrel1600 Abram1602 sandy-coloured1661 carrot1671 carrot-coloured1684 Judas colour1695 carroty1696 sandy1734 gingery1844 Titian1863 gingerous1864 1863 Englishwoman's Domest. Mag. Oct. 283/2 She retains to a wonderful degree the colour of her Titian hair and snowy shoulders. 1892 S. Waterloo Man & Woman xiii. 97 A setter, with Titian hair and big eyes, which slept on the clover beside him. 1912 Overland Monthly Jan. 50/1 He met hardly a marriageable woman without Titian locks. 1975 Irish Times 31 July 10/5 One of these [Persian girls] had abundant Titian tresses. 2015 S. King Breaking Hollywood 3 The beautiful woman..in the exquisite blush Dior gown, her Titian curls swept up to emphasize her perfect bone structure. 2. Of a person, esp. a woman: resembling a figure painted by Titian, esp. in having hair of a bright golden auburn colour; (more generally) red-headed. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > period, movement, or school of art > Italian Renaissance or 14-16th century > [adjective] > style of specific artist Titianic1739 Titianesque1771 Raphaelesque1772 Michelangelesquea1806 Raphaelic1817 Peruginesque1842 Raphaelite1855 Leonardesque1864 Perugian1864 Botticellian1880 Giottesque1880 Titian1886 Holbeinesque1895 Botticellesque1901 Verrocchian1902 Giorgionesque1906 Orcagnesque1910 Caravaggiesque1925 Verrocchiesque1933 1886 N.Y. Times 11 Apr. 14/2 Mrs. Charles McKim made a superb Titian beauty. 1907 Scrap Bk. Nov. 896 She is a Titian beauty... Her hair is a glorious golden-red. 1930 N.Y. Times 21 Dec. 12 x/5 Chez Frisco, a tall Titian blonde, wore a white satin frock. 2007 A. Kventsel Decadence in Late Novels Henry James ii. 107 She..is figured as Lorelei, and a Titian Temptress. Compounds a. Forming parasynthetic adjectives, as Titian-coloured, Titian-tressed, etc. ΚΠ 1868 Gentleman's Mag. Apr. 449 Titian-hued robes of velvet or satin. 1896 J. Ashby-Sterry Tale of Thames xviii. 221 Three maidens..all with Titian-tinted tresses. 1904 Dundee Advertiser 27 June 8/1 Twenty years ago hair with a reddish tinge was called ‘carrots’; now ‘Titian-coloured’ locks are reckoned a definite beauty. 1943 Albuquerque (New Mexico) Jrnl. 6 June (Mag. section) Lady Suzanne Wilkins, titian-tressed, camellia-skinned beauty. 2016 E. Crosby Champagne Conspiracy xiv. 161 She did resemble a young version of Roxy—the same Titian-colored hair, high, sculpted cheekbones, English rose complexion. b. Titian-haired adj. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > colour of hair > [adjective] > red > having redeOE rousec1400 red-haired?a1513 sandy?1530 red-headed1548 amber-crowneda1586 redhead1664 sandy-pated1687 red-polled1787 sandy-haireda1817 brick-topped1858 Titian-haired1880 1880 Era (Bradford, Pa.) 21 July A Titian haired maiden of some fifty gentle summers. 1959 W. S. Burroughs Naked Lunch 77 Titian-haired Venetian lads. 2015 Cape Argus (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 18 July 14 The titian-haired beauty wore a long floral floaty gown. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1839 |
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