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Chartreuse

//ʃɑːˈtɹɜːz// adj, name, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of a bright yellowish-green colour. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    of something having the yellowish green color of Chartreuse liqueur wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name from English.
Noun
  1. 1
    A yellow or green liqueur made by Carthusian monks. countable, uncountable

    "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."

  2. 2
    a shade of green tinged with yellow wordnet
  3. 3
    A greenish-yellow color. countable, uncountable

    "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."

  4. 4
    aromatic green or yellow liqueur flavored with orange peel and hyssop and peppermint oils; made at monastery near Grenoble, France wordnet
  5. 5
    A kind of enamelled pottery. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    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. countable, uncountable

    "ARRANGE DIFFERENT KINDS OF COOKED VEGETABLES IN A CASSEROLE […] The dish resembles a chartreuse."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French chartreuse. Doublet of charterhouse.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French chartreuse. Doublet of charterhouse.

Etymology 3

From chartreuse.

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