单词 | engagé |
释义 | engagéadj. Of (the work of) writers, artists, etc. = committed adj. 5a. (See also engaged adj. 4.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > work of art > [adjective] > qualities of work of art uniforma1552 sweet1662 stiff1779 chargeda1806 late1851 ineffective1858 detailed1867 schematic1868 rhythmical1880 functional1881 late-period1927 engaged1947 engagé1955 retardataire1958 1948 H. Read Art Now (ed. 3) 139 ‘L'art engagé’, art in the service of the revolution.] 1955 G. Greene Quiet Amer. 121 I don't know what I'm talking politics for. They don't interest me and I'm a reporter. I'm not engagé. 1956 Ess. in Crit. 6 388 His [sc. Hazlitt's] temper was active, sympathetic and engagé, rather than philosophical. 1959 Encounter Oct. 54/1 Surrealism built a functional, utilitarian literature—the first engagé art of our time. 1966 Listener 17 Mar. 378/1 We hear a lot of talk about the duty of the artist to be ‘committed’ or ‘engagé’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adj.1955 |
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