Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A strong to brilliant greenish yellow to moderate or strong yellow green.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A monastery of Carthusian monks, especially in France. The Grande Chartreuse, near Grenoble in Dauphiné, is the most famous and the earliest of the order.
- n. A highly esteemed tonic cordial, obtained by the distillation of various aromatic plants, especially nettles, growing on the Alps. it derives its name from the celebrated monastery of the Grande Chartreuse, in France, where it is made.
- n. In cookery, a preparation usually of game, fillets, etc., incased in a mold of rice; also, fruits inclosed in blanc-mange or puddings. These preparations were invented, it is said, by the monks of the monastery of Grande Chartreuse to disguise meat.
Wiktionary
- n. A yellow or green liqueur made by Carthusian monks.
- n. A greenish yellow colour.
- adj. of a bright yellowish-green colour.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A Carthusian monastery; esp.
La Grande Chartreuse , mother house of the order, in the mountains near Grenoble, France. - n. An alcoholic cordial, distilled from aromatic herbs; -- made at
La Grande Chartreuse .
WordNet 3.0
- adj. of something having the yellowish green color of Chartreuse liqueur
- n. aromatic green or yellow liqueur flavored with orange peel and hyssop and peppermint oils; made at monastery near Grenoble, France
- n. a shade of green tinged with yellow
Etymologies
- After Chartreuse. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“In the top 10 feet of the water, chartreuse is hard to beat.”
If it ain't chartreuse it ain't no use... What say you fisher guys and gals?
“The ¼-ounce size 4 in chartreuse works well for perch, and even betterwhen one of the hook points is tipped with a fresh perch eyeball (yes, really).”
“Ilike the marabou-tailed Foxee jigs by Blue Fox, in chartreuse, 1/16 - and1/8-ounce sizes.”
Spring Perch Fishing Secrets From Field & Stream's John Merwin
“CHARTRUESE: The color quickly becoming a signature one for Mrs. O is known as chartreuse, which is exactly 50 percent green and 50 percent yellow.”
“If they typed in chartreuse sprockets, and that exact text is in bold in the header of your ad, that’s a big selling point, and makes them more likely to click through to your site.”
“The leaves were just out, and his father had captured the delicate early green, chartreuse, that is gone in a week.”
“chartreuse" and "none," local marketing exec Kate O'Neill had this status update retort:”
“His shoulder-length hair splayed across the collar of his gold and purple cutaway coats, which often framed chartreuse vests and floral-print ties.”
“For the last two weeks I have seldom stirred out of bed except for meals, reading-matter, or to visit the toilet and cough up chartreuse slime.”
“Creme Brulee was a frog that was a perfectly normal chartreuse beanbag except that it had mutated to taste like its name instead of like chicken.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘chartreuse’.
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Uncommon Colours
azure, myrtle, periwinkle, viridian, jade, emerald, lime, chartreuse, asparagus, celadon, harlequin, olive and 147 more...
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250 Spelling Words
A selected sampling of words for intermediate and advanced spellers.
orecchiette, rhabdomancy, guayabera, orthoepy, opisthenar, maguey, proem, ciabatta, cioppino, banns, concinnity, asthenia and 237 more...
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Crayon Colors
This is a continuing list of Crayon Colors past and present. As I find new ones added to the "box", I will add them here as well!
black, blue, brown, apricot, bittersweet, blue green, blue violet, brick red, burnt sienna, carnation pink, cornflower, flesh and 134 more...
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caballine, cabas, cable, caboched, cabochon, caboose, cabotage, cabré, cabrie, cabriole, cabriolet, cacaesthesia and 1298 more...
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Open List: Greens
A lits of greens: cooked leafy vegetables; pigments, paint names, compound words, etc; words and phrases that pertain to or contain "green". Please add your favorites!
See this list f...greenery, collard greens, mustard greens, turnip greens, green shoots, viridian green, malachite green, sap green, green grocer, radish greens, beet greens, spring green and 282 more...
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Colors/Patterns/Prints/Textures
fritillary, chartreuse, tortoise-shell, brindle, burnt orange, cerulean, amaranth, sandy, amber, mold, fungus, kiwi and 65 more...
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It's an art
applecart, arterial, arthology, artesian, arthropod, arthrostraca, artifex, artificial, articulate, articling, artichoke, blue darter and 51 more...
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jonasword's list
My words unusual strange new clever or stupid
puce, ecru, magenta, mauve, taupe, azure, cerulean, celadon, cinnabar, viridian, vermilion, ultramarine and 6 more...
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bepetersen's list
Words that I think should be banned from the English language
spittle, supper, crusty, moist, engorged, crotch, sinew, salve, suckle, mauve, damp, squat and 34 more...
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colors
This list aims to contain words whose primary definition describes the color itself, unlike gold, silver, rust, turquoise, etc. Of course red can mean communist, blue can mean sad, yellow can mean ...
red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet, purple, pink, grey, gray, white, black and 25 more...
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Colors
Different words for colors; ex: florid, cerise, claret, etc.
cerise, florid, claret, chartreuse, watchet, argent, tawny, xanthous, rosaceous, ocher, pewter, coquelicot and 3 more...
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Terms That Should Be Banished to a Km...
No one knows why.
steampunk, klangfarbenmelodie, twitterdom, imbroglio, maspeth, camcorder, cicada, charcuterie, giggle, hortatory, susurration, bensonhurst and 16 more...
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Multihued
just names of colors
chartreuse, beryl, aquamarine, mulberry, mauve, amaranthine, fuschia, salmon, tangerine, titian, xanthous, azure and 8 more...
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Uncommon colors
Uncommon color names, mostly nouns.
burgundy, teal, aquamarine, dandelion, lavender, mahogany, mauve, chartreuse, turquoise, vermilion, aubergine
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words that sound really weird when yo...
I think we all know the feeling. I will post examples as they come to me. Perhaps some sort of connecting thread will be found.
than, ford, touch, weird, mean, that, glasses, paper, that that, now now, when when, wear wear and 14 more...
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Colors
Words for colors, including things so associated with a color that they can be used in reference to a color.
red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet, purple, navy, lavender, turquoise, chartreuse and 218 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for chartreuse.
zaggan hey this is the name of my bass clarinet.....kind of weird that i named it though.....oh well. May 29, 2009