nuit blanchen.

Brit.

/ˌnwiː ˈblɒ̃ʃ/,

/ˌnwiː ˈblɑːn(t)ʃ/, U.S.

/ˌnwi ˈblɑn(t)ʃ/

Inflections: Plural nuits blanches.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French nuit blanche.

Etymology: < French nuit blanche (1771), lit. ‘white night’ < nuit night (see night n.) + blanche , feminine of blanc white (see blank adj.).Not fully naturalized in English. In plural form nuits blanches after the French plural form.

= white night n.; spec. a sleepless night. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > state of being awake > [noun] > period of > sleepless night

white night1845

nuit blanche1853

1853 C. Brontë Villette III. xli. 296 Leaving the radiant park and well-lit Haute-Ville (still well-lit, for this it seems was to be a ‘nuit blanche’ in Villette), I sought the dim lower quarter.

1904 W. Stevens Let. 14 Feb. (1967) 69 I do not want my dreams—my castles, my hunts, my nuits blanches.

1923 D. H. Lawrence Ladybird: Fox: Captain's Doll 81 She had gone to sleep from the nuit blanche of her days.

1964 L. Meynell More Deadly than Male xiv. 244 He lay awake for the rest of the night. A nuit blanche.

1993 Wired Sept. 110/1 I was suffering from the effects of a nuit blanche as well as terminal heartbreak.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nuit blanche
释义	nuit blanchen. Brit. /ˌnwiː ˈblɒ̃ʃ/, /ˌnwiː ˈblɑːn(t)ʃ/, U.S. /ˌnwi ˈblɑn(t)ʃ/ Inflections: Plural nuits blanches. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French nuit blanche. Etymology: < French nuit blanche (1771), lit. ‘white night’ < nuit night (see night n.) + blanche , feminine of blanc white (see blank adj.).Not fully naturalized in English. In plural form nuits blanches after the French plural form. = white night n.; spec. a sleepless night. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > state of being awake > [noun] > period of > sleepless night white night1845 nuit blanche1853 1853 C. Brontë Villette III. xli. 296 Leaving the radiant park and well-lit Haute-Ville (still well-lit, for this it seems was to be a ‘nuit blanche’ in Villette), I sought the dim lower quarter. 1904 W. Stevens Let. 14 Feb. (1967) 69 I do not want my dreams—my castles, my hunts, my nuits blanches. 1923 D. H. Lawrence Ladybird: Fox: Captain's Doll 81 She had gone to sleep from the nuit blanche of her days. 1964 L. Meynell More Deadly than Male xiv. 244 He lay awake for the rest of the night. A nuit blanche. 1993 Wired Sept. 110/1 I was suffering from the effects of a nuit blanche as well as terminal heartbreak. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1853
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