nacarade

[prettygoodword]

nacarade - n., pale orange-red (obs.).


I have no origin for this one. It looks to have come from Spanish, and most of the Google hits are in Spanish, but they're mostly being used for a kind of window blind.

Admin note: offline for a couple days, back next week.

---L.

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[movingfinger.livejournal.com]

nacarat ('nækəræt).
[F. nacarat, supposed to be ad. Sp. and Pg. nacarado, f. nacar nacre.
If this etym. is correct, the reference is to that species of pinna which is distinguished by its red colour; but the word has also a striking resemblance to Arab. nakakat, a red flower used in dyeing.]
1. A bright orange-red colour.
1727-38 Chambers Cycl. s.v. Dying, Nacarat, or bright orange-red, is given with weld, and goats hair, boiled with potashes.
1839 Ure Dict. Arts 874.
1853 C. Brontë Villette xxix, A small box I had bought for its brilliancy, made of some tropic shell of the colour called nacarat.
1854 R. H. Patterson Ess. Hist. & Art (1862) 33 We can never ally mahogany to vivid reds,..and more particularly to orange-reds, such as scarlet, nacarat, and aurora.
2. (See quot.)
1839 Ure Dict. Arts 874 The nacarat of Portugal or Bezetta is a crape or fine linen fabric, dyed fugitively of the above tint.
1875 Knight Dict. Mech. 1505/1.

[prettygoodword.livejournal.com]

So my instinct was right, sorta.

I really need to get the OED CD-ROM.

---L.