chartreuse

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French chartreuse. Doublet of charterhouse.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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chartreuse (countable and uncountable, plural chartreuses)

  1. A yellow or green liqueur made by Carthusian monks.
    • 1921, Booth Tarkington, Harlequin and Columbine[1]:
      Old Tinker, in evening dress, sat uncomfortably, sideways, upon the edge of a wicker and brocade “chaise lounge,” finishing a tiny glass of chartreuse, while Talbot Potter, in the middle of the room, took leave of a second guest who had been dining with him.
  2. A greenish-yellow color.
    • 1975, “Convoy”, in C.W. McCall, Chip Davis (lyrics), Black Bear Road, performed by C. W. McCall:
      Well, we shot the line and we went for broke
      With a thousand screamin' trucks
      An' eleven long-haired Friends a' Jesus
      In a chartreuse microbus.
    chartreuse (HTML):  
    bright chartreuse (Pantone):  
  3. (art) A kind of enamelled pottery.
  4. (cooking) A French dish of vegetables (and sometimes meat) wrapped tightly in a decorative layer of salad or vegetable leaves and cooked in a dome-shaped mould.
    • 1977, Joseph Dommers Vehling Apicius, Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome, page 238:
      ARRANGE DIFFERENT KINDS OF COOKED VEGETABLES IN A CASSEROLE [] The dish resembles a chartreuse.

Adjective

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chartreuse (not comparable)

  1. Of a bright yellowish-green colour.

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French

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Etymology

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From the Chartreux (Carthusian monks).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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chartreuse f (plural chartreuses)

  1. chartreuse (liqueur)
  2. (originally) Grande Chartreuse; or any Carthusian monastery (a charterhouse)

Descendants

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  • English: chartreuse
  • English: charterhouse

Adjective

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chartreuse

  1. feminine singular of chartreux

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