"blunket" meaning in English

See blunket in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more blunket [comparative], most blunket [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English plunket (noun), from plunket (“of a blue or greyish colour”, adj), perhaps the past participle of *plunken (“to cover with lead or lead-colouring”), from Old French plonquier, plonchier (“to cover with lead”), in imitation of Old French plunkié, plonquié (“lead-coloured", also "grey cloth”); ultimately from Latin plumbum (“lead”). The adjective is attested earlier than the noun, yet it remains unclear whether the fabric (which often retained the spelling plunket) gave its name to the color or the other way around. The word is similar to blanket (“cloth”), inviting speculation that it derives (like that word) from Old French blanchet, blanquet (“whitish”), but the most common form even as late as Early Modern English was blunket, and some early works seem to identify it as dark red or violet, which makes that theory phonologically and semantically problematic. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|plunket|pos=n}} Middle English plunket (noun), {{der|en|fro|plonquier}} Old French plonquier, {{cog|fro|plunkié}} Old French plunkié, {{der|en|la|plumbum|t=lead}} Latin plumbum (“lead”), {{der|en|fro|blanchet|blanchet, blanquet|whitish}} Old French blanchet, blanquet (“whitish”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} blunket (comparative more blunket, superlative most blunket)
  1. (obsolete) Gray; grayish or light blue. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-blunket-en-adj-0SqbNDGI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 82 8 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 67 4 4 12 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 68 4 5 12 12

Noun

Forms: blunkets [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English plunket (noun), from plunket (“of a blue or greyish colour”, adj), perhaps the past participle of *plunken (“to cover with lead or lead-colouring”), from Old French plonquier, plonchier (“to cover with lead”), in imitation of Old French plunkié, plonquié (“lead-coloured", also "grey cloth”); ultimately from Latin plumbum (“lead”). The adjective is attested earlier than the noun, yet it remains unclear whether the fabric (which often retained the spelling plunket) gave its name to the color or the other way around. The word is similar to blanket (“cloth”), inviting speculation that it derives (like that word) from Old French blanchet, blanquet (“whitish”), but the most common form even as late as Early Modern English was blunket, and some early works seem to identify it as dark red or violet, which makes that theory phonologically and semantically problematic. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|plunket|pos=n}} Middle English plunket (noun), {{der|en|fro|plonquier}} Old French plonquier, {{cog|fro|plunkié}} Old French plunkié, {{der|en|la|plumbum|t=lead}} Latin plumbum (“lead”), {{der|en|fro|blanchet|blanchet, blanquet|whitish}} Old French blanchet, blanquet (“whitish”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} blunket (countable and uncountable, plural blunkets)
  1. (obsolete) A color, generally a light bluish gray or blue or gray, but sometimes seemingly a dark red or violet. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable Categories (topical): Colors
    Sense id: en-blunket-en-noun-MNQBdGS4 Disambiguation of Colors: 36 58 6
  2. (obsolete) A cloth, or kind of cloth (blanket cloth), generally but not always of this color. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-blunket-en-noun-0KuNbUKH

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