filemot, a. and n.
(ˈfɪlɪmɒt)
Forms: α. 7–8 feuill(e)mort, (7 fueillemort), f(i)eulamo(r)t, fi(l)-amo(r)t, -imot, (8 foliomort), 8–9 fillemot, 8– filemot. β. 7 philia-, phylia-, phyllamort, 7–8 philemort, 7–9 philamot, (8 -mort), -omot, 9 phil(l)imot.
[A corruption of feuillemorte.]
A. adj. = feuillemorte a.
| 1647 R. Stapylton Juvenal 98 Her fieulamort old gownes he begs. 1688 R. Holme Armoury ii. 247/1 The Wings of a Feuill-mort colour. 1698 J. Petiver in Phil. Trans. XX. 334 They are of a Tawny or Phyllamort Colour. 1702 Lond. Gaz. No. 3835/4 A Feulamort Persian Silk. 1712 Addison Spect. No. 265 ¶5 One of them was blue, another yellow, and another Philomot. 1794 Martyn Rousseau's Bot. xvii. 239 The leaves fade first to purple, and then to feuillemort colour. 1840 Browning Sordello ii. 313 Let Vidal change..His murrey-coloured robe for philamot, And crop his hair. 1880 L. Wallace Ben-Hur 177 Each compartment crowded with labelled folios all filemot with age and use. |
b. Comb. filemot-coloured adj.
| 1681 J. Chetham Angler's Vade-m. xxxiv. §8 (1689) 188 Philomot coloured Mohairs. 1847 James J. Marston Hall xxvii, A fillemot-coloured cloak lined with light blue. |
B. n. The name of a colour, viz. that of a dead or faded leaf; (may have a plural).
| 1655 W. Rokeby in Surtees Misc. (1858) 16, I would have it trimmed with a..philamot or some pretty colour. 1657 R. Ligon Barbadoes (1673) 3 Instead of the fresh and lively greens..these [islands] were apparrel'd with Russets, or at best Phyliamorts. 1659 Lovelace Poems (1864) 169 Lucasta..'stills new life in fields of fueillemort. 1703 M. Martin Descr. W. Isl. (1716) 135 It's of a dark colour, and only dyes a Philamot. 1721 Cibber Double Gallant 1, A mottly crowd of Blacks, Tawny, Olives, Feulamots, and pale Blues. a 1745 Swift Direct. Servants, Footman, The colours you ought to wish for are blue, or filemot, turned up with red. 1841 Brand's Pop. Antiq. II. 173 The Egyptians [use] yellow, or fillemot. 1844 James Agincourt I. 37 His tight-fitting hose were of a light philimot, or brownish yellow. |