单词 | monsieurship |
释义 | † Monsieurshipn. Obsolete. 1. With possessive adjective: a title of respect given to a man normally addressed as ‘Monsieur’. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > [noun] > for gentleman > for foreign gentleman or gentlemen messire1477 monsieur1512 messieurs1539 Monsieurship1579 Mess.1750 1579 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 66 Hath your Monsieurshipp so soone forgottin. 1606 T. Dekker Newes from Hell sig. D3 Practising all the foolish tricks of fashions after their Mounsieur-ships. 2. The state or condition of being a ‘monsieur’. ΚΠ 1605 J. Sylvester in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. Index sig. xx*2v Valois,..slaine by a Frier before Paris, who in his Monsieurship..had been too busie an Actor in the bloudie Massacre. 1673 W. Wycherley Gentleman Dancing-master iv. i You have sworn..he shall never have me if he does not leave off his Monsieurship. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < |
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