英和和英

語源

From 中期英語 snow whit, snowe-white, snouwite, snawhwit, from 古期英語 snāwhwīt, from Proto-West Germanic *snaiwhwīt, from Proto-Germanic *snaiwahwītaz; equivalent to snow +‎ white. Cognate with Dutch sneeuwwit (“snow-white”), German schneeweiß (“snow-white”), Swedish snövit (“snow-white”).

発音

形容詞

snow-white (not comparable)

1. As white as snow; exceptionally white.

   Synonyms: lily-white, niveous

   • 1880, Sabine Baring-Gould, Curious Myths of the Middle Ages, page 449:

     One day he wandered to the banks of the Rhine. On its discolored waters swam a snow-white swan, playfully pulling at the rope which bound a small skiff to the shore.

   • 1982 August 14, Mary Ann Peacott, Liz Nania, “BT's In Boston”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 5, page 12:

     It was also a delight to see a racially mixed band from Boston. Too bad that the crowd was snow white. We've all still got a helluva long way to go.

反意語

派生語

名詞

snow-white (plural snow-whites)

1. (ethnic slur, offensive, slang) A Caucasian person, especially a woman.

別の表記

アナグラム

• white snow