英语词汇carnation的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

carnation. The word carnation, meaning “fleshlike,” was first the name of a fleshlike color developed by artists in the 15th century, derived from the Latin carnis, “flesh.” Soon a gillyflow- er of this color was developed and took the same name for its pinkish color. The carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus) has re- tained its name even though it is available in many other shades; in fact, it is also popularly called a “pink.” Carnations with two or three stripes of contrasting colors in the petals are called “bizarres,” while those with only one color are called “flakes.” A carnation played a part in the attempted rescue of Marie-Antoinette from the guillotine on August 28, 1793. On that day the royalist noble chevalier de Rougeville visited her in her cell and left a carnation in which a tiny note was hidden telling the French queen of a plan to save her. The plot failed, and Marie was executed when her guard refused to go along with a bribe attempt, but the “affair of the carnation” lives on in history.

词汇	carnation
词源	carnation. The word carnation, meaning “fleshlike,” was first the name of a fleshlike color developed by artists in the 15th century, derived from the Latin carnis, “flesh.” Soon a gillyflow- er of this color was developed and took the same name for its pinkish color. The carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus) has re- tained its name even though it is available in many other shades; in fact, it is also popularly called a “pink.” Carnations with two or three stripes of contrasting colors in the petals are called “bizarres,” while those with only one color are called “flakes.” A carnation played a part in the attempted rescue of Marie-Antoinette from the guillotine on August 28, 1793. On that day the royalist noble chevalier de Rougeville visited her in her cell and left a carnation in which a tiny note was hidden telling the French queen of a plan to save her. The plot failed, and Marie was executed when her guard refused to go along with a bribe attempt, but the “affair of the carnation” lives on in history.
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