embarras de richessen.

Brit.

/ɒmbəˌrɑː də rɪˈʃɛs/, U.S.

/ˌɑmbəˈrɑ də riˈʃɛs/

Forms:

α. 1700s l'embaras des richesses, 1800s l'embarras de richesse, 1800s l'embarras de richesses.

β. 1800s embarras des richesses, 1800s– embaras de richesse, 1800s– embaras de richesses, 1800s– embarras de richesse, 1800s– embarras de richesses.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French L'embarras des richesses.

Etymology: Originally (in α. forms) < French L'embarras des richesses, the title of a comedy by L.-J.-C. Soûlas d'Allainval (1726) < le the + embarras embarras n. + des of the + richesses , plural of richesse richesse n. In form embarras de richesse remodelled after French embarras de richesse (1810 or earlier). Compare also French embarras de richesses (1823 or earlier).

Originally: (the state of having) an overwhelming or encumbering excess of wealth, resources, or options. In later use also in neutral or positive sense (sometimes with of): an abundance, plethora, profusion. Cf. embarrassment n. 1d.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > wealth > [noun] > excessive

overrichness1622

embarras de richesse1750

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [noun] > excess, redundancy, or superfluity > excessive quantity or amount

overchargea1325

outrakea1400

surcharge1603

superflux1608

overquantitya1626

overflux1633

gluta1652

overdose1700

excresce1707

overseta1715

embarras de richesse1750

sickener1809

embarras de choix1825

richesse1875

basinful1935

1750 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 26 Apr. in Lett. to Son (1774) II. 6 Say..you dread l'embaras des richesses ever since you have seen what an incumbrance they were to poor Harlequin.

1815 A. Opie Let. 16 June in C. L. Brightwell Memorials Life A. Opie (1854) 161 So it was really ‘l'embarras de richesses’, for any one of these three lions would have been enough at once.

1817 Q. Rev. Apr. 270 As to quotation, we are in an absolute ‘embarras de richesses’.

1826 M. Wilmot Let. 11 July (1935) 243 A too large Stock in trade, proving now and then an embarras de richesse.

1855 S. Whiting Heliondé 133 Such a flock uprose at the disturbance, I was quite distracted... I really suffered in no small degree from an embarras de richesses.

1864 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 4 June 621/1 We have lectures on Medical Jurisprudence,..a course of Medical Psychology,..and instruction in Practical Histology..; and to all this embarras des richesses, I must add the clinical lectures in the Royal Infirmary.

1900 Badminton Mag. Dec. 607 Very few ardent sportsmen could have remained indifferent to the veritable embarras de richesse of game we were privileged to witness.

1932 C. Williams Eng. Poetic Mind iii. 77 Othello has wronged him [sc. Iago]..; Othello has played him false with Emilia; so has Cassio; he loves Desdemona also—embarras de richesses.

1973 C. Jencks Mod. Movements in Archit. iii. 125 Underlying all this profusion, this embarras de richesse, were a few inter-related ideas which here will be reduced to a single one.

2001 S. Walton You heard it through Grapevine i. 9 Morrisons..offered its customers an embarras de richesse of five-star wine at the company's famously competitive prices.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	embarras de richesse
释义	embarras de richessen. Brit. /ɒmbəˌrɑː də rɪˈʃɛs/, U.S. /ˌɑmbəˈrɑ də riˈʃɛs/ Forms: α. 1700s l'embaras des richesses, 1800s l'embarras de richesse, 1800s l'embarras de richesses. β. 1800s embarras des richesses, 1800s– embaras de richesse, 1800s– embaras de richesses, 1800s– embarras de richesse, 1800s– embarras de richesses. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French L'embarras des richesses. Etymology: Originally (in α. forms) < French L'embarras des richesses, the title of a comedy by L.-J.-C. Soûlas d'Allainval (1726) < le the + embarras embarras n. + des of the + richesses , plural of richesse richesse n. In form embarras de richesse remodelled after French embarras de richesse (1810 or earlier). Compare also French embarras de richesses (1823 or earlier). Originally: (the state of having) an overwhelming or encumbering excess of wealth, resources, or options. In later use also in neutral or positive sense (sometimes with of): an abundance, plethora, profusion. Cf. embarrassment n. 1d. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > wealth > [noun] > excessive overrichness1622 embarras de richesse1750 the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [noun] > excess, redundancy, or superfluity > excessive quantity or amount overchargea1325 outrakea1400 surcharge1603 superflux1608 overquantitya1626 overflux1633 gluta1652 overdose1700 excresce1707 overseta1715 embarras de richesse1750 sickener1809 embarras de choix1825 richesse1875 basinful1935 1750 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 26 Apr. in Lett. to Son (1774) II. 6 Say..you dread l'embaras des richesses ever since you have seen what an incumbrance they were to poor Harlequin. 1815 A. Opie Let. 16 June in C. L. Brightwell Memorials Life A. Opie (1854) 161 So it was really ‘l'embarras de richesses’, for any one of these three lions would have been enough at once. 1817 Q. Rev. Apr. 270 As to quotation, we are in an absolute ‘embarras de richesses’. 1826 M. Wilmot Let. 11 July (1935) 243 A too large Stock in trade, proving now and then an embarras de richesse. 1855 S. Whiting Heliondé 133 Such a flock uprose at the disturbance, I was quite distracted... I really suffered in no small degree from an embarras de richesses. 1864 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 4 June 621/1 We have lectures on Medical Jurisprudence,..a course of Medical Psychology,..and instruction in Practical Histology..; and to all this embarras des richesses, I must add the clinical lectures in the Royal Infirmary. 1900 Badminton Mag. Dec. 607 Very few ardent sportsmen could have remained indifferent to the veritable embarras de richesse of game we were privileged to witness. 1932 C. Williams Eng. Poetic Mind iii. 77 Othello has wronged him [sc. Iago]..; Othello has played him false with Emilia; so has Cassio; he loves Desdemona also—embarras de richesses. 1973 C. Jencks Mod. Movements in Archit. iii. 125 Underlying all this profusion, this embarras de richesse, were a few inter-related ideas which here will be reduced to a single one. 2001 S. Walton You heard it through Grapevine i. 9 Morrisons..offered its customers an embarras de richesse of five-star wine at the company's famously competitive prices. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1750
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