| 单词 | violaceous |
| 释义 | violaceous, a.|vaɪəˈleɪʃəs|
[f. L. violāce-us violet-coloured, f. viola viola1: see -aceous.]
1. Of a violet colour; purplish blue.
1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 498 Incrassated by coction to make it more violaceous. 1686Plot Staffordsh. 175 [A transparent stone] of an Amethystine violaceous colour, and a genuin luster. 1790Shaw Nat. Misc. III. F 2, The Violaceous Partridge. 1819Stephens in Shaw Gen. Zool. XI. i. 42 The inferior tail-coverts are whitish, with violaceous tinges towards the sides. 1844Florist's Jrnl. (1846) V. 17 The flowers differ in having the violaceous tint..mixed with the crimson in the texture of the flower. 1876Duhring Dis. Skin 247 In color they possess a dull red or even violaceous hue.
b. Qualifying names of colours.
1790Shaw Nat. Misc. iii. F 2, Violaceous-blackish Partridge with a cast of green. 1802― Gen. Zool. III. ii. 521 Violaceous-brown Snake. Ibid. 549 Violaceous-green Snake. 1828Stark Elem. Nat. Hist. I. 198 Violaceous black; sides of the wing and tail-feathers white. 1854tr. Pereira's Polarized Light (ed. 2) 268 The extraordinary violaceous blue tint which immediately precedes the yellowish red.
2. Bot. Belonging to or resembling the order Violaceæ.
Hence vioˈlaceously adv.
1888Harper's Mag. Aug. 336 The stricken flesh..changes color, spots violaceously. |
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