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prasine en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈpɹeɪziːn/ (UK)

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], from a combination of Middle French prame (inherited from Late Latin prasinus) and Middle French prasine (borrowed from Late Latin prasinum), both ultimately from Latin prasinus (“leek-green”), from Ancient Greek πράσινος (prásinos), from πράσον (práson, “leek”).

Meanings

1. (archaic) Synonym of leek-green.
   • He recalled, in passing, the sweetness in his lap, her round little bottom, her prasine eyes as she turned toward him and the receding road. 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, chapter 5, in Ada, or, Ardor: A Family Chronicle, Harmondsworth, Middlesex [London]: Penguin Books, published 1970, →ISBN, part 2, page 287:

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Relateds

leek

Synonyms

leek-green

prasine en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈpɹeɪziːn/ (UK)

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], from a combination of Middle French prame (inherited from Late Latin prasinus) and Middle French prasine (borrowed from Late Latin prasinum), both ultimately from Latin prasinus (“leek-green”), from Ancient Greek πράσινος (prásinos), from πράσον (práson, “leek”).

Meanings

1. (obsolete) A green gem; an emerald.
2. (obsolete) A type of green pigment.
3. Pseudomalachite.
   • It is possible that just as chrysocolla is silicated malachite, so prasine is phosphated malachite; the physical appearance of these minerals strongly confirms this view. 1864 November 5, William Crookes, editor, The Chemical News and Journal of Physical Science: […] , volume 10, number 257, London: J. H. Dutton, […] , →OCLC, Revision of the Mineral Phosphates, page 217, column 1:

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