au pied de la lettreadv.

Brit.

/əʊ ˌpjeɪ də la ˈlɛtr(ə)/, U.S.

/oʊ piˌeɪ də lə ˈlɛtr(ə)/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French au pied de la lettre.

Etymology: < French au pied de la lettre, lit. ‘to the foot of the letter’ (1611) < au to the + pied foot (see pied-à-terre n.) + de de prep. + la the + lettre letter n.¹Not fully naturalized in English.

Exactly, down to the last detail; literally. Cf. to the letter at letter n.¹ Phrases 1b.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [adverb] > so as to match truth, exactly > in words or text

after the lettera1425

letterly?a1475

verbatim?1503

verbatimly1587

literally1591

literatim1623

verbatim et literatim1642

au pied de la lettrea1739

textually1837

a1739 C. Jarvis in tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote (1742) I. Translator's Pref. p. xv These injunctions they piously took au pied de la lettre.

1782 H. Walpole Let. 10 Nov. (1904) XII. 368 The Romans..loved to be obeyed au pied de la lettre.

1855 E. C. Gaskell North & South II. vi. 78 Some one had told you that stolen fruit tasted sweetest, which you took au pied de la lettre, and off you went a-robbing.

1863 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 192/1 She does not always intend that we should believe her au pied de la lettre.

1936 A. Huxley Eyeless in Gaza xiii. 173 A purely figurative and metaphorical sanctity taken au pied de la lettre.

1965 Times 3 Dec. 15/2 Sibelius..asked conductors to perform his early symphonies au pied de la lettre because they must not sound like Tchaikovsky.

2003 D. R. Hall Unity Corinthian Corr. iv. 95 Goudge does well to remind us that not all Paul's statements should be taken au pied de la lettre, that language means what it is understood to mean.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	au pied de la lettre
释义	au pied de la lettreadv. Brit. /əʊ ˌpjeɪ də la ˈlɛtr(ə)/, U.S. /oʊ piˌeɪ də lə ˈlɛtr(ə)/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French au pied de la lettre. Etymology: < French au pied de la lettre, lit. ‘to the foot of the letter’ (1611) < au to the + pied foot (see pied-à-terre n.) + de de prep. + la the + lettre letter n.¹Not fully naturalized in English. Exactly, down to the last detail; literally. Cf. to the letter at letter n.¹ Phrases 1b. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [adverb] > so as to match truth, exactly > in words or text after the lettera1425 letterly?a1475 verbatim?1503 verbatimly1587 literally1591 literatim1623 verbatim et literatim1642 au pied de la lettrea1739 textually1837 a1739 C. Jarvis in tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote (1742) I. Translator's Pref. p. xv These injunctions they piously took au pied de la lettre. 1782 H. Walpole Let. 10 Nov. (1904) XII. 368 The Romans..loved to be obeyed au pied de la lettre. 1855 E. C. Gaskell North & South II. vi. 78 Some one had told you that stolen fruit tasted sweetest, which you took au pied de la lettre, and off you went a-robbing. 1863 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 192/1 She does not always intend that we should believe her au pied de la lettre. 1936 A. Huxley Eyeless in Gaza xiii. 173 A purely figurative and metaphorical sanctity taken au pied de la lettre. 1965 Times 3 Dec. 15/2 Sibelius..asked conductors to perform his early symphonies au pied de la lettre because they must not sound like Tchaikovsky. 2003 D. R. Hall Unity Corinthian Corr. iv. 95 Goudge does well to remind us that not all Paul's statements should be taken au pied de la lettre, that language means what it is understood to mean. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.a1739
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