单词 | femme incomprise |
释义 | femme incomprisen. A woman who is or considers herself to be misunderstood or not truly appreciated. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > [noun] > underestimation or undervaluing > one who is undervalued femme incomprise1841 1841 C. G. F. Gore Cecil II. iv. 174 Never was the femme incomprise more thoroughly misapprehended than at that moment. 1885 A. Edwardes Girton Girl II. iii. 35 Poor Linda must practise many a humiliating economy in her lot of femme incomprise. 1902 J. H. Millar Mid-18th Cent. 137 She may claim for herself the glory of being the precursor of the horde of..femmes incomprises, new women, psychologues, and other female self-tormentors. 1967 M. A. Meyer Origins Mod. Jew iv. 92 Humboldt highly esteemed and sympathized with this femme incomprise, though..he was unable to return her love. 1994 V. D. Dickerson in J. L. Digaetani Money xxi. 232 As domestic guardian of the welfare of others, woman, no better off than a horse or a servant, finds herself a ‘femme incomprise’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1841 |
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