shagreen

English

A shagreen-covered box.

Etymology

1677, Anglicized form of chagrin, from French chagrin, from Ottoman Turkish صاغری‎ (modern Turkish sağrı).[1][2][3]

However, the etymology of French chagrin is complex and disputed, likely of Germanic origin – whether there was any influence between an existing French word of Germanic origin and a Turkish loan is unclear.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) enPR: shəgrēnʹ, IPA^(key): /ʃəˈɡɹiːn/
Hyphenation: sha‧green

Noun

shagreen (countable and uncountable, plural shagreens)

An untanned leather, often dyed green; originally made from horse skin, today mostly made from the skin of a shark or ray.
- August 1935, Clark Ashton Smith, Weird Tales, "The Treader of the Dust":
  On the old lecturn or reading-stand which he used for his heavier tomes, The Testaments of Carnamagos, in its covers of shagreen with hasps of human bone, lay open at the very page which had frightened him so unreasonably with its eldritch intimations.
(entomology) A rough or spiny surface of an insect's cuticle.
- 1883 November 7, Edward B. Poulton, “Notes upon, or suggested hy, the colours, markings, and protective attitudes of certain lepidopterous larvæ and pupæ, and of a phytophagous hymenopterous larva”, in Transactions of the Entomological Society of London:
  If the shagreen dots be carefully observed they will be found to possess an annular arrangement.
- 1985, “The Immature Chironomids of the Eastern United States VI. Pentaneurini-Genus Ablabesmyia”, in Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, volume 137, number 2, JSTOR 4064867, pages 153-212:
  The shagreen of the abdominal tergites generally consists of small spinules, singly or in caudally convex arcs.

Synonyms

(untanned leather): chagrin, galuchat, sharkskin

Verb

shagreen (third-person singular simple present shagreens, present participle shagreening, simple past and past participle shagreened)

(transitive) To give a texture resembling shagreen leather.

References

"shagreen." The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2008.
“shagreen”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
Webster's New World College Dictionary 2010

Anagrams

Henegars, erenaghs, green ash

[1] "shagreen." The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2008.

[2] “shagreen”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

[3] Webster's New World College Dictionary 2010

单词	shagreen
释义	shagreen English A shagreen-covered box. Etymology 1677, Anglicized form of chagrin, from French chagrin, from Ottoman Turkish صاغری‎ (modern Turkish sağrı).[1][2][3] However, the etymology of French chagrin is complex and disputed, likely of Germanic origin – whether there was any influence between an existing French word of Germanic origin and a Turkish loan is unclear. Pronunciation (Received Pronunciation) enPR: shəgrēnʹ, IPA^(key): /ʃəˈɡɹiːn/ Hyphenation: sha‧green Noun shagreen (countable and uncountable, plural shagreens) An untanned leather, often dyed green; originally made from horse skin, today mostly made from the skin of a shark or ray. August 1935, Clark Ashton Smith, Weird Tales, "The Treader of the Dust": On the old lecturn or reading-stand which he used for his heavier tomes, The Testaments of Carnamagos, in its covers of shagreen with hasps of human bone, lay open at the very page which had frightened him so unreasonably with its eldritch intimations. (entomology) A rough or spiny surface of an insect's cuticle. 1883 November 7, Edward B. Poulton, “Notes upon, or suggested hy, the colours, markings, and protective attitudes of certain lepidopterous larvæ and pupæ, and of a phytophagous hymenopterous larva”, in Transactions of the Entomological Society of London: If the shagreen dots be carefully observed they will be found to possess an annular arrangement. 1985, “The Immature Chironomids of the Eastern United States VI. Pentaneurini-Genus Ablabesmyia”, in Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, volume 137, number 2, JSTOR 4064867, pages 153-212: The shagreen of the abdominal tergites generally consists of small spinules, singly or in caudally convex arcs. Synonyms (untanned leather): chagrin, galuchat, sharkskin See also maroquin Verb shagreen (third-person singular simple present shagreens, present participle shagreening, simple past and past participle shagreened) (transitive) To give a texture resembling shagreen leather. References "shagreen." The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2008. “shagreen”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary Webster's New World College Dictionary 2010 Anagrams Henegars, erenaghs, green ash
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