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Definition of Chartreuse
1. Adjective. Of something having the yellowish green color of Chartreuse liqueur.
2. Noun. Aromatic green or yellow liqueur flavored with orange peel and hyssop and peppermint oils; made at monastery near Grenoble, France.
3. Noun. A shade of green tinged with yellow.
Generic synonyms: Green, Greenness, Viridity
Definition of Chartreuse
1. n. A Carthusian monastery; esp. La Grande Chartreuse, mother house of the order, in the mountains near Grenoble, France.
Definition of Chartreuse
1. Noun. A yellow or green liqueur made by Carthusian monks. ¹
2. Noun. A greenish yellow colour. ¹
3. Adjective. of a bright yellowish-green colour. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chartreuse
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Chartreuse
Literary usage of Chartreuse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Southern France, Including Corsica: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1902)
"The Grande chartreuse. Hitherto most tourists have taken the carriage-routes via
La Placette, and via Le Sappey, going one way (24 M.) and returning the ..."
2. Southern France Including Corsica: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1907)
"372). Thence to Chamrousse, see p. 372. III. The Grande chartreuse. The usual
plan i,s to go by railway to Voiron and by tramway ..."
3. Annals of the Artists of Spain by Sir William Stirling Maxwell (1891)
"But the greatest undertaking of this assiduous painter was the series of fifty-four
large pictures for the Carthusians of the chartreuse of El Paular, ..."
4. The Steward's Handbook and Guide to Party Catering by Jessup Whitehead (1903)
"The green chartreuse is the most popular of the four kinds, ... The yellow
chartreuse stands next in order, and is more popular on the Continent than in ..."
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