单词 | nimporte |
释义 | n'importeint. ‘It does not matter!’, ‘It is immaterial!’. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > be of no importance [interjection] n'importe1741 1741 L. Theobald Happy Captive i. ii. 32 These are but trifling Things; n'importe. 1746 Duke of Richmond Let. 25 Apr. in Corr. Dukes Richmond & Newcastle (1984) 212 I suppose I shall be huff'd butt nimporte. 1779 Countess of Upper Ossory Let. 17 Apr. in J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & his Contemp. (1844) IV. 75 Another man has sworn to shoot a Miss Something, n'importe, if she did not run away with him from the Opera. 1837 C. Dickens Let. ?14 June (1965) I. 271 This is a bad look-out, but n'importe—we will mend it. 1856 S. O. Beeton Let. in N. Spain Mrs Beeton (1948) i. vi. 97 N'importe, a little more than a month, and I hope and think you will be a happy little wife. 1929 R. Hughes High Wind in Jamaica vii. 149 He imagined..rescuing Rachel—or Laura, n'importe—from new and complicated dangers. 1952 ‘M. Cost’ Hour Awaits 113 ‘I'm so sorry, Fanchon.’ ‘N'importe! You and Albert Augustus were cut out for tight-rope walking from birth.’ 1989 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 21 May v. 8 By the end of the first race..we were collectively down 80 francs. But n'importe. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < int.1741 |
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