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Vinony

chartreuse

adjective

  1. type of house
L335270 on Wikidata ↗

noun

  1. yellow-green color
  2. type of house
L58204 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ʃɑːˈtɹɜːz/ / /ʃɑɹˈtɹuːz/ / /ʃɑɹˈtɹuːs/

adj

Etymology: Borrowed from French chartreuse. Doublet of charterhouse.

  1. Of a bright yellowish-green colour.

name

Etymology: From chartreuse.

  1. A female given name from English.

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from French chartreuse. Doublet of charterhouse.

  1. 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.”

    “Many liqueurs, among them chartreuse and benedictine, have long been held in great esteem as aphrodisiac aids.”

  2. 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.”

    “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.”

  3. A kind of enamelled pottery.
  4. 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.”