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du jour, a. Usually as postmodifier after English nouns.
Brit. |də ˈʒʊə|, |duː ˈʒʊə|, U.S. |də ˈʒʊ(ə)r|
Forms: 19– du jour, 19– de jour[irreg.]
[‹ French du jour, lit. ‘of the day’ (1813 or earlier in spec. use in sense 2, 1874 or earlier in sense 1) > prep. + le, masculine definite article: compare La adj.) + jour jour n.1 Compare plat n.7]
1. lit. That is chosen or allocated for a particular day: ‘of the day’, ‘for today’; sometimes with connotations of impermanence, interchangeability, or repetitiveness.
1894H. M. Tirard tr. A. Erman Life in Anc. Egypt xii. 273 The daily acts of worship performed by the priest du jour are known from several contemporary sources to have been essentially the same in the case of the various gods. 1949T. B. Jones S. Amer. Rediscovered ix. 162 Occasionally quinoa seeds cooked with cheese or boiled with milk and pimento might be found. The cook du jour might be like the old lady at Yangas who..‘crossed herself several times’. 1978Washington Post 11 June a14/2 One group discovered a William and Mary campus hangout that features a ‘whiskey du jour’ for a dollar a drink. 1991Details Dec. 41/1 In Aveda's newest Beverly Hills store, atmospheric touches include strategically placed diffusers that emit an essential-oil aroma du jour.
2. That is ‘of the moment’ or ‘of the (present) time’; esp. designating something that is currently the most popular, fashionable, or renowned of its kind. Cf. of the moment at moment n. Phrases 2g
1921R. Hichens Spirit of Time ix. 150 And he related a story of a woman, a lover, a deceived husband, jewels and a sale very Parisian, and very much du jour in its after-the-War actuality. 1982Washington Post (Nexis) 20 Jan. d1 Let's first deal with the controversy du jour. Knight stands accused, by an Ohio State player, of having cursed him last Saturday. 1995Empire Nov. 80/1 Teen hearthrob du jour, out-pipping Brad and Johnny, Keanu has nothing but blue skies ahead of him. 2000N. Earls Perfect Skin (2001) 64, I didn't tell you half of it. I didn't mention the dinner-at-her-place option. The twee nibbly things from the deli du jour or the good glory-box crockery or the ice bucket. |