单词 | mossoo |
释义 | mossoon. A Frenchman (chiefly used in representations of popular speech or with depreciatory reference). Also used humorously as a form of address or courtesy title: = monsieur n. 3a. Cf. mounseer n. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > French nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of France FrenchmanOE monsieur?a1513 Gaul1630 frog1657 Gallic1755 mounseer1755 parleyvoo1755 frog-eater1766 Galloman1787 mossoo1809 Frencher1826 Frenchy1829 parley1831 crapaud?c1834 wi-wi1841 froggy1853 1798 T. Jones Memoirs (1951) 72 All flock'd round to see What Monsu was about.] 1809 Child of 36 Fathers I. 183 I declare to you, Moussu, the friend of that insolent, who have dared to utter that blasphemy, that you must..give me satisfaction for this infamous conduct. 1870 M. Bridgman Robert Lynne II. vi. 129 You pick out any Mossoo you like. 1877 E. S. Dallas Kettner's Bk. of Table 426 Let Mosso have this if he likes it. 1886 J. Ashby-Sterry Lazy Minstrel 68 A stout fur-capped Mossoo. 1906 E. Nesbit Railway Children xiv. 295 He says his French just like Mossoo—A beastly stuck up thing to do. 1930 O. W. Holmes Let. 18 Apr. in Holmes–Laski Lett. (1953) II. 1238 A wonderfully interesting account of your jaw with the mussoos about classicism and romanticism, etc. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1809 |
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