单词 | la pucelle |
释义 | > as lemmasla Pucelle a. Usually with the and capital initial; also as la Pucelle. A name given to Joan of Arc, the ‘Maid of Orleans’. N.E.D. (1909) notes: ‘Usually mentioned as her French appellation: in 16th cent. sometimes taken as her surname.’In quot. a16161 with punning reference to sense 2. ΚΠ 1434 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1835) IV. 223 (MED) A disciple and leme of þe fende callde þe Pucelle þat used fals enchantementes and sorcerie. c1450 (c1430) Brut (Galba) (1908) 439 (MED) At that same Journey was take the wicche of Fraunce that was callid th[e] ‘Pusshell’. c1475 Gregory's Chron. in J. Gairdner Hist. Coll. Citizen London (1876) 172 (MED) The xxiij day of May, the Pusylle was brent at Rone. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. cix Hauyng in his company Ione the Puzel, whom he vsed as an oracle. 1597 T. Beard Theatre Gods Iudgements i. xxii. 111 The hypocrisie of two counterfait holy maids, one of Kent in England, called Elizabeth Barton, the other of France, called Ioane la Pucelle. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) i. vi. 85 Puzel or Pussel, Dolphin or Dog-fish, Your hearts Ile stampe out with my Horses heeles. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iii. iv. 3 Pucell that Witch, that damned Sorceresse. View more context for this quotation 1678 S. Butler Ladies Answer to Knight in Hudibras: Third Pt. 280 Or Jone the Pucel's Braver Name. 1702 Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) I. iii. 261 [In 1429] King Henry..was with great solemnity Crown'd at Westminster;..and at the same time appear'd La Pucelle, a Maid called Joan of Arc. 1874 J. Gairdner Houses Lancaster & York (1875) vii. 133 The Pucelle..threw herself into the town [of Compiègne]. 1896 A. Lang Monk of Fife v. 62 All men..mocked the Pucelle for a bold vamp, with a bee in her bonnet. 1909 Times 25 Jan. 7 The process of the beatification of Joan of Arc was completed today [when]..the Pope..personally read a decree formally approving La Pucelle among the blessed. 1969 G. Greene Trav. with my Aunt i. i. 13 It is not every day one sees a sister consigned to the flames. Like the Pucelle..Joan of Arc. 2004 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 24 Oct. (Travel section) 3 I am still spellbound by the extraordinary power of la Pucelle. Uneducated and illiterate, but claiming to hear the word of God, she cut her hair and wore men's clothes, led armies fearlessly, [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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