chartreuse
adjEtymology Borrowed from French chartreuse. Doublet of charterhouse.
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Of a bright yellowish-green colour.
chartreuse
nounUK /ʃɑːˈtɹɜːz/ · US /ʃɑɹˈtɹuːz/
Etymology Borrowed from French chartreuse. Doublet of charterhouse.
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A yellow or green liqueur made by Carthusian monks.
- 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.1921, Booth Tarkington, Harlequin and Columbine:
- Many liqueurs, among them chartreuse and benedictine, have long been held in great esteem as aphrodisiac aids.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 138:
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A greenish-yellow color.
- 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.1975, “Convoy”, in C.W. McCall, Chip Davis (lyrics), Black Bear Road, performed by C. W. McCall:
- Every scrap of vegetation had been scorched from the parched soil, except for growths of black, orange, and chartreuse lichen that, from the air, gave the earth a scabbed and infected appearance.2005, Christopher Paolini, “The Burning Plains”, in Eldest, page 582:
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Cooking, Food, Lifestyle 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.
- ARRANGE DIFFERENT KINDS OF COOKED VEGETABLES IN A CASSEROLE […] The dish resembles a chartreuse.1977, Joseph Dommers Vehling Apicius, Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome, page 238: