oriency Now rare.
(ˈɔərɪənsɪ)
Also orience.
[f. Orient a.: see -ency.]
‘Orient’ quality (see next, B. 2 b); brilliancy, lustre. (poet.)
| 1652 N. Culverwel Lt. of Nat. Rep. 20 The picture has lost its gloss and beauty, the oriency of its colours. 1693 Beverley True St. Gosp. Truth 5 Every Link of the Golden Chain..hath in it self the Oriency, and Riches of all the Other. c 1865 G. M. Hopkins Poems (1967) 120 Once it was scarce perceivèd Lent For orience of the daffodil. Ibid. 139 The heightening dawn with milky orience Rounds its still-purpling centreings of cloud. 1896 Daily News 4 Jan. 5/3 The delicate oriency of his pearls is lost in the strong hues. |