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‖ bienseance|bjɛ̃seɑ̃s|
[Fr., f. bienséant, f. bien well + séant, pr. pple. of seoir to befit. Rather common in Eng. use about end of 18th and beginning of 19th c.]
Decorum; propriety.
[1665Boyle Occas. Refl. (1675) Pref. 20 The Laws of Decorum or, as the French call it Bien-seance.] 1788Walpoliana lxviii. 34 Those northern countries are rigid in the bienséance. 1818Scott Rob Roy xiv, Bred in a country where much attention is paid..to bienséance. 1823Byron Juan xiv. lxvii, At least as far as bienséance allows. |