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‖ Pierrot|ˈpɪərəʊ, ˈpjɛro|
In senses 1 and 3 also pierrot.
[F. pierrot, dim. of Pierre, a peasant's name, applied to a ‘clown’ or buffoon:—L. Petrum, nom. Petrus Peter.]
1. A typical character in French pantomime: now, in English, applied to a buffoon or itinerant minstrel having, like the stage Pierrot, a whitened face, and loose white fancy dress.
1741–70E. Carter Lett. (1808) 61 He was one of the oddest fellows I ever saw..and in all his gestures extremely like a pierrot. 1838Thoms in Bentley's Misc. III. 620 The more immediate relative..of the modern clown, is the Pierrot,..now very rarely introduced upon the stage. 1889Sat. Rev. 16 Mar. 309/2 [An etching of] a little boy, dressed as a white Pierrot. 1904Daily News 12 July 6 Niggers at the seaside have..given place to pierrots.
2. A kind of sleeved basque (see Basque 4) with a low neck, worn by women late in the 18th c.
1794Residence in France (1797) II. 329 The lady of the house in a nankeen pierrot.
3. attrib. and Comb., as (sense 1) Pierrot costume, Pierrot doll, Pierrot show; Pierrot-like adj.; Pierrot collar (see quot. 1957).
1957M. B. Picken Fashion Dict. 250/2 Pierrot collar, ruff like that worn by French pantomime character. 1977Time 8 Aug. 38/1 Pierrot collars and flounces adorned many of Bohan's dresses, capes and blouses.
1893A. Beardsley Let. c. 15 Feb. (1971) 43 Strange hermaphroditic creatures wandering about in Pierrot costumes or modern dress; quite a new world of my own creation. 1960Pierrot costume [see concert-party].
1935A. Christie Three Act Tragedy iii. ix. 188 A ridiculously elongated pierrot doll [was] lying across the sofa. 1967A. Wilson No Laughing Matter ii. 39 Rupert lolling on cushions..aimlessly waving the limp Pierrot doll beside him. 1979A. Buchan Scrap Screen viii. 132 Emancipated girls..moved into bedsitters..and filled them with black and orange cushions and Pierrot dolls.
1977Rolling Stone 19 May 73/1, I hadn't quite expected the faultless intonation..of that shining, graceful, Pierrot-like figure.
1951J. Fleming Man who looked Back i. 14 They saw the pierrot show from comfortable deck-chairs. 1978M. Gilbert Empty House xiii. 107 There's..a pierrot show in the Palais de Dance [sic].
Hence ˈpierrotism, the action of a pierrot.
1734Prompter 20 Dec. 2/2 The graceful Motion of fine Dancers, and mute Harlequinery, and Pierrotism. |