violettus

violettus [AN, ME violet; cf. violatus] 1 (also w. color) of the colour of violets, violet. b (as sb.) violet-coloured cloth. c1325 de ‥ j panno launeo integro de ~o colore LTR Ac 14 r. 6d.; 1349 iij uln’ panni longi ~i in grano (KR Ac) Arch. XXXI 11. b 1188 pro iij cappis de violeto ‥ ad opus filie regis Francie Pipe 21; 1194 pro vij ulnis ~e et j penula de bissis Ib. 175; a1250 habeat [pannarius] ‥ burnetam nigram vel sanguineam, burnetam coloratam, violetam (Nominale) Neues Archiv IV 340. 2 of or made from violets, (esp.) flavoured or scented with violet petals. 1274 pro iij libris zuchare rosete et violete ‥ iij s. Househ. Henry 413; 1301 pro iiijxxj lib. dim. zuker' rosat' et violet' moll' et in tabula KR Ac 359/18 m. 6.

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