porphyre
English
editNoun
editporphyre (countable and uncountable, plural porphyres)
- Obsolete form of porphyry.
- 1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], chapter 2, in An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC, book I, page 8:
- Let us consider the red and white colours in porphyre: hinder light but from striking on it, and its colours vanish; it no longer produces any such ideas in us […]
References
edit- “porphyre”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French
editPronunciation
editNoun
editporphyre m (plural porphyres)
References
editFurther reading
edit- “porphyre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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