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‖ jeu|ʒø|
Pl. jeux |ʒøː|.
[F.:—L. jocum jest, joke, play, sport.]
The French for ‘play’ or ‘game’; occurring in several phrases, occasionally used in Eng.a. † jeu de dames |ʒø də dam|, in ME. iew-de-dame, the game of draughts: see dam n.3 (obs. exc. as Fr.).
c1380Sir Ferumb. 2225 Summe of hem to iew-de-dame; & summe to tablere.
b. jeu d'esprit |ʒø dɛspri|: a play or playful action in which some cleverness is displayed; now usually, a play of wit in literary composition; a witty or humorous trifle.
1712Addison Spect. No. 305 ⁋16 Whether any such Relaxations of Morality, such little jeux d'esprit, ought not to be allowed in this intended Seminary of Politicians. 1798(title) The Spirit of the Public Journals for 1797, being an Impartial Selection of the most exquisite Essays and Jeux d'Esprits..that appear in the Newspapers. 1855Kingsley Heroes Pref. 21 The few scholars who may happen to read this hasty jeu d'esprit. 1889Spectator 14 Dec. 849 Recollections of the jeux d'esprit and audacious onslaughts which made the guerilla warfare of the Fourth Party..as little acceptable to the leaders of the Tory Opposition..as it was to Mr. Gladstone.
c. jeu de mots |ʒø də mo|, a play on words, a pun.
1749Lady Luxborough Lett. to Shenstone 29 Nov., It consists..of puns (or as the French properly call it, Jeu de mots) upon his name. 1823Scott Peveril xxxvii, ‘I have heard your Grace indulge in the jeu de mots’, answered the attendant. 1898Westm. Gaz. 27 July 3/2 Of course, many jeux de mots—as distinguished from jeux d'esprits—would be sacrificed.
d. jeu de paume |ʒø də pom| [Fr., lit. ‘game of palm (of the hand)’]: tennis (not lawn-tennis); also, a tennis court; also fig.
1789A. Young Jrnl. 20 June in Trav. France (1792) I. 115 The resolution..was to assemble instantly at the Jeu de paume, and there the whole assembly took a solemn oath. 1880Geo. Eliot Let. 7 Oct. (1956) VII. 329 Johnnie gets a game of real tennis—jeu de paume—every day. 1910Encycl. Brit. X. 450/1 Fives and racquets are probably both descended from the jeu de paume, of which they are simplified forms. 1939A. Toynbee Study of Hist. IV. 161 Warfare now is no longer just a jeu de paume among a party of kings. 1940E. Pound Cantos lviii. 74 Playing at jeu de paume and escrime. 1970Guardian 3 June 9/2 The story that the jeu de paume has been played by members of the opposing army with a living infant as the ball, goes back hundreds..of years.
e. jeu de règle |ʒø də rɛgl| [Fr., lit. ‘game of rule’]: in the game of Écarté (see quot. 1963).
1850Bohn's Hand-bk. Games 261 On this principle all ‘Jeux de Regles’ are played without changing (although there be a few which can scarcely reckon in their favor 2 to 1). 1934Neuphilol. Mitt. XXXV. iii/iv. 132 Écarté..jeu-de-règle, hand which should be played without taking cards. 1963G. F. Hervey Handbk. Card Games 61 There are certain stock hands, called jeux de règle, holding which a player should play and not propose, and equally refuse the opponent's proposal.
f. jeu de société |ʒø də sɔsjete| [Fr., lit. ‘game of society’]: (freq. in pl.) a game or amusement at a party.
1827Edin. Rev. XLVI. xcii. 382 To these pantomimes succeeded ballets, and such jeux de société as ‘La Peur’..a sort of dumb show. 1854Thackeray Newcomes I. xxviii. 271 These little diversions and jeux de société can go on anywhere. 1932H. Nicolson Diary 1 Jan. (1966) 104 He..had been kept up doing jeux de société till 8 am. 1963A. Zaina in B. Sewell Two Friends 78 The two duologues..were obviously destined to be a jeu de société... Perhaps it was performed at one of the Raffalovich parties.
Add:2. Phrase. les jeux sont faits |lɛ ʒø sɔ̃ fɛ| [Fr., lit. ‘the games are made’]: the stakes are set; in roulette, the call made by the croupier as the wheel is set in motion. Also occas. in sing. Freq. followed by *rien ne va plus int. phr.
1871Catal. Exhib. R. Acad. Arts CIII. 12 The Salon d'Or, Homburg... W. P. Frith, R.A. ‘Le jeu est fait—rien ne va plus.’ 1922Joyce Ulysses 496 Sieurs et dames, faites vos jeux! (..Tiny roulette planets fly from his hands.) Les jeux sont faits! (The planets rush together, uttering crepitant cracks.) Rien n'va plus. 1982Financial Times 21 July 14/5 Discreet murmurs of ‘Les jeux sont faits. Rien ne va plus.’ |