epergnen.

/ɪˈpəːn/

Forms: Also 1700s epergn, epargne.

Etymology: perhaps a corruption of French épargne saving, economy; compare quot. 1779; but there is no evidence to show how the word acquired its present meaning.

A centre-dish, or centre ornament for the dinner-table, now often in a branched form, each branch supporting a small dish for dessert or the like, or a vase for flowers. (From our quots. it appears that the earlier use was chiefly to hold pickles.)

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the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > table-vessels > dish or plate > ornamental dish

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1761 Bill of Fare in Pennant London (1813) 562, 2 Grand Epergnes filled with fine Pickles.

1775 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1886) II. 199 That Mr Mayor be desir'd to order a handsome silver Epergn.

1779 Mackenzie in Mirror No. 34. §6 In the centre..stood a sumptuous epargne, filled [with sweetmeats].

1804 Verses to Dr. Warton in Ann. Reg. 928 [His pupils present him with an epergne on his resigning the head-mastership of Winchester, hoping that it may remind him ‘of “Pickles” left behind’].

1819 H. Busk Banquet 60 Waiter, epergne, and tankard, beaker, vase.

1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations I. xi. 176 An epergne or centre-piece of some kind was in the middle of this cloth.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	epergne
释义	epergnen. /ɪˈpəːn/ Forms: Also 1700s epergn, epargne. Etymology: perhaps a corruption of French épargne saving, economy; compare quot. 1779; but there is no evidence to show how the word acquired its present meaning. A centre-dish, or centre ornament for the dinner-table, now often in a branched form, each branch supporting a small dish for dessert or the like, or a vase for flowers. (From our quots. it appears that the earlier use was chiefly to hold pickles.) ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > table-vessels > dish or plate > ornamental dish cistern1603 epergne1761 1761 Bill of Fare in Pennant London (1813) 562, 2 Grand Epergnes filled with fine Pickles. 1775 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1886) II. 199 That Mr Mayor be desir'd to order a handsome silver Epergn. 1779 Mackenzie in Mirror No. 34. §6 In the centre..stood a sumptuous epargne, filled [with sweetmeats]. 1804 Verses to Dr. Warton in Ann. Reg. 928 [His pupils present him with an epergne on his resigning the head-mastership of Winchester, hoping that it may remind him ‘of “Pickles” left behind’]. 1819 H. Busk Banquet 60 Waiter, epergne, and tankard, beaker, vase. 1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations I. xi. 176 An epergne or centre-piece of some kind was in the middle of this cloth. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1761
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