citrinacioun

By DJ Misc on August 1, 2007 1:08 PM | | Comments (1)

'For centuries orange . . . was not the name of a color, in fact. Chaucer describes Chaunticleer: 'His colour was betwixe yelow and reed.' . . . And in 'The Canon Yeoman's Tale,' Chaucer uses the term citrinacioun, turning to citron. . . . Chaucer knew the color; he simply did not have a word for it.'

'Alexander Theroux, The Secondary Colors, 1996.

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djmisc said:

Actually it is the fox and not the Chanticleer, the famous rooster, that Chaucer describes. But still . . . Chaucer apparently knew not the color term ?orange.?

August 3, 2007 1:01 PM

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