单词 | altesse |
释义 | altessen. 1. Chiefly in French or continental European contexts: a person of high rank, a nobleman or noblewoman. Frequently as a title, usually with possessive and capital initial: ‘Highness’. Sometimes ironic or humorous. Cf. altezza n. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > [noun] > for foreign persons of rank bashawa1535 altesse1559 monseigneur1561 sheikh1577 naik1588 bey1589 altezza1595 kamia1601 illustrissimo1623 donshipc1626 pasha1648 Rao1665 hospodar1684 beg1686 burra sahiba1827 inkosi1835 gospodar1847 Mgr1848 Rai Bahadur1871 Rai Sahib1905 1559 T. Challoner Let. 18 Sept. in T. Wright Queen Elizabeth & Her Times (1838) I. 9 [Items] which..the King..appointed to geve unto her Altesse, for soe they call her. 1620 W. Trumball Let. in F. X. Martin Friat Nugent (1962) 240 (note) Francis Nugent, the Irishe Capuchiene..is here treateing with his Altess and the popes nuntio. 1663 J. Heath Brief Chron. Intestine Warr (ed. 2) 376 A Bed-chamber-man of this Altess was sent..to the King of Sweden. 1763 C. Talbot Let. 11 Aug. in Series of Lett. E. Carter & C. Talbot (1809) III. 50 Mrs. Montagu, amid all her flaunting with Altesses, pale with envy. 1768 H. Walpole Let. 13 Aug. (1840) V. 216 He [sc. the Danish King] only takes the title of altesse,..but acts king exceedingly. 1835 tr. F. von Raumer Hist. 16th & 17th Cent. II. xlvii. 29 Guise visited the Cardinal Filomarini, who was compelled, although against his will, to treat him as an altesse. 1867 Punch 27 July 37/1 Les Snobs..dying for some lucky chance which might throw their Snobships in Her Altesse's way. 1967 D. S. Leslie Sceptre & Rose ii. iii. 136 If Your Altesse will allow me this privilege ineffable! ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] goodnessOE mund?c1250 daintethc1290 bountyc1300 daintyc1300 excellencec1384 virtuea1393 excellency?a1400 nobilitya1400 meritc1425 singularity?c1450 fineness1523 admirationa1533 rareness1545 rightness1561 rariety1566 rarity1566 excellentness1569 beautya1586 admirableness1607 primeness1611 gallantry1650 eximiety1656 optimity1656 altesse1660 unexceptionableness1669 excellingness1701 quality1803 sterlingness1815 stupendosity1828 goodliness1832 superbness1832 unexceptionability1837 sweetness and light1867 class1884 rortiness1885 rippingness1903 superstardom1928 motherfucker1977 awesomeness1998 1660 E. Waterhouse Disc. Arms & Armory 25 Standing dishes of altess..are not to be touched. 1663 E. Waterhouse Fortescutus Illustratus xxii. 291 To express the grandeur of things by words of altess, which..are understood either expressive of excellent virtue, or execrable vice. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1559 |
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