Originally borrowed as the surname (derived from the place name) in the 13th century, before the sense of the fruit was imported in the late 14th century and the color in 1510.[1] In the color sense, largely displacedġeolurēad, whenceyellow-red.
2015 March 31, Debbie McGowan,Two By Two, Beaten Track Publishing,→ISBN, page81:
“What you drinking?” “Orange and soda will go down nicely, thanks.” “Pint?” “Sure.” Andy headed for the bar, stopping along the way to kiss Shaunna and check she and Kris were OK for a drink. “Everything all right?” Sean asked.
2015 May 7, Tosh Lavery,Tosh: An Amazing True Story Of Life, Death, Danger And Drama In The Garda Sub-Aqua Unit, Penguin UK,→ISBN:
I ran out into the street and around the block, searching everywhere, and finally burst into O'Dowd's pub around the corner to see Thomas sitting at the bar drinkingorange and eating a bag of crisps with two old men.
2018 May 25, Michael Nilsen,Beyond the Cave, Troubador Publishing Ltd,→ISBN, page82:
It transpired this lad was drinkingorange and faculties were keen. There were one or two verbal exchanges, then I followed him into the car park. He said to the doorman, 'I won't be long.' He easily knocked me to the ground.
2021 June 10, Anna McPartlin,Waiting for the Miracle: Warm your heart this winter with this uplifting novel from the bestselling author of THE LAST DAYS OF RABBIT HAYES, Bonnier Zaffre Ltd.,→ISBN:
When the fast songs played, like the Beatles' 'Help' or The Rolling Stones' 'Satisfaction', Justin and I sat on two wooden chairs, drinkingorange and holding hands. When the nuns weren't watching, I rested my head on his shoulder.
In most dialects,orange is pronounced with two syllables. But in certain dialects of North American English, the vowel of the second syllable is deleted and the word is pronounced as one syllable.[2] In such dialects, the two forms are generallyallophonic.
A user suggests that this German entry be cleaned up, giving the reason:“"strong nominative masculine singular (standard) oranger or (colloquial) orangener" -- this lacks the form "orange".”
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The adjective has two sets of forms. In the formal standard language, endings are added directly to the stem (orang-). In less formal style and in the vernacular, another set of forms is used in free variation, in which an-n- is infixed before the endings.
It is also officially correct to leave the adjective entirely undeclined. This usage is rare, however, and seems dated.
1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 2 Dated or archaic. 3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 2 Dated or archaic. 3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 2 Dated or archaic. 3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
