mauvaise languen.

Brit.

/məʊˌveɪz ˈlɒ̃ɡ/, U.S.

/moʊˌveɪz ˈlɑŋ/

Inflections: Plural mauvaises langues.

Forms: 1800s– mauvaise langue.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mauvaise langue.

Etymology: < French mauvaise langue (1528 in Middle French in this sense; 13th cent. in Old French in sense ‘evil talk’) < mauvaise , feminine of mauvais bad (see mauvasty n.) + langue langue n.

A vituperative gossip, a scandalmonger. Also (literal): an evil or malicious tongue.Quot. 1847 probably belongs here, but given the Caribbean source, may refer to mauvais langue n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > [noun] > spreading scandal > one who

noiser1434

raisera1500

Tutivillus1523

dissipater1537

tutiviller1568

disperser1580

disseminator1667

scandal-bearer1712

scandal-monger1721

scandal-crimp?1798

mauvaise langue1888

1847 Trinidad Spectator 10 Mar. 2 Mr. Mauvaises Langues:—Amuse themselves!—flirt, romp, and to have their hearts broken is amusement enough, to be sure.]

1888 C. M. Yonge Beechcroft at Rockstone II. xiii. 14 The foreboding that the mauvaises langues would get hold of it.

1924 A. D. Sedgwick Little French Girl iv. i. 304 Marigold is a wretched gossip, and worse. She's a mauvaise langue; I would not trust her story.

1936 ‘R. West’ Thinking Reed i. 18 In another moment that couple of mauvaises langues would have something to wag about.

1939 C. Beaton My Royal Past ix. 101 A lady..with a very mauvaise langue.

1996 Sunday Times 29 Sept. 11/1 Mauvaises langues say this marriage put him on the map.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mauvaise langue
释义	mauvaise languen. Brit. /məʊˌveɪz ˈlɒ̃ɡ/, U.S. /moʊˌveɪz ˈlɑŋ/ Inflections: Plural mauvaises langues. Forms: 1800s– mauvaise langue. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mauvaise langue. Etymology: < French mauvaise langue (1528 in Middle French in this sense; 13th cent. in Old French in sense ‘evil talk’) < mauvaise , feminine of mauvais bad (see mauvasty n.) + langue langue n. A vituperative gossip, a scandalmonger. Also (literal): an evil or malicious tongue.Quot. 1847 probably belongs here, but given the Caribbean source, may refer to mauvais langue n. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > [noun] > spreading scandal > one who noiser1434 raisera1500 Tutivillus1523 dissipater1537 tutiviller1568 disperser1580 disseminator1667 scandal-bearer1712 scandal-monger1721 scandal-crimp?1798 mauvaise langue1888 1847 Trinidad Spectator 10 Mar. 2 Mr. Mauvaises Langues:—Amuse themselves!—flirt, romp, and to have their hearts broken is amusement enough, to be sure.] 1888 C. M. Yonge Beechcroft at Rockstone II. xiii. 14 The foreboding that the mauvaises langues would get hold of it. 1924 A. D. Sedgwick Little French Girl iv. i. 304 Marigold is a wretched gossip, and worse. She's a mauvaise langue; I would not trust her story. 1936 ‘R. West’ Thinking Reed i. 18 In another moment that couple of mauvaises langues would have something to wag about. 1939 C. Beaton My Royal Past ix. 101 A lady..with a very mauvaise langue. 1996 Sunday Times 29 Sept. 11/1 Mauvaises langues say this marriage put him on the map. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1888
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