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‖ imprévu|æ̃prevy| Also imprevu. [Fr., f. im-2 + prévu, pa. pple. of prévoir to foresee.] The unexpected, the unforeseen.
1854Punch 9 Sept. 106/2 Had he well read the people.., their love of l'imprévu? 1858Geo. Eliot Let. 2 Mar. in J. W. Cross George Eliot's Life (1885) II. viii. 13 Perhaps we may go to Dresden, perhaps not: we leave room for the imprévu. 1925G. B. Shaw Let. 15 Dec. in To a Young Actress (1960) 88, I am prudent and foresee everything. My life lacks the imprevu. 1969R. Harper World of Thriller ii. 65 Stendhal..understood that without the ‘imprévu’ there is no charm in human existence. |