peau de chagrinn.

Brit.

/ˌpəʊ də ʃaˈɡrã/,

/ˌpəʊ də ˈʃaɡr(ᵻ)n/, U.S.

/ˈˌpoʊ də ʃəˈɡrɪn/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French peau de chagrin.

Etymology: < French peau de chagrin, literally ‘skin of grained leather’ (end of the 16th cent. in literal use as peau de sagrin , 1831 as the title of a work by Balzac, and subsequently in metaphorical use with allusion to this: see note) < peau (see pell n.¹) + de de prep. + chagrin shagreen n.In Balzac's novel a piece of shagreen gradually diminishes in size as each wish of its owner is granted through its magic power; in the moment the skin shrinks to nothing, he dies.

Used allusively to indicate the progressive diminution of something, esp. the human lifespan.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > [noun] > course or span of life > diminution of

peau de chagrin1861

1861 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. 31 Dec. (1954) III. 475 The years of retrieval keep shrinking—the terrible peau de chagrin whose outline narrows..with our ebbing life.

1910 W. J. Locke Simon the Jester v. 56 I see my little allotted span of life shrinking visibly, like the peau de chagrin.

1946 L. P. Hartley Sixth Heaven v. 111 Money..[is] really like the Peau de Chagrin, and dwindles with every wish.

1999 Irish Times 27 Dec. 13 Moreover the tissue not only beats, but grows—unlike the not less uncanny peau de chagrin.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	peau de chagrin
释义	peau de chagrinn. Brit. /ˌpəʊ də ʃaˈɡrã/, /ˌpəʊ də ˈʃaɡr(ᵻ)n/, U.S. /ˈˌpoʊ də ʃəˈɡrɪn/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French peau de chagrin. Etymology: < French peau de chagrin, literally ‘skin of grained leather’ (end of the 16th cent. in literal use as peau de sagrin , 1831 as the title of a work by Balzac, and subsequently in metaphorical use with allusion to this: see note) < peau (see pell n.¹) + de de prep. + chagrin shagreen n.In Balzac's novel a piece of shagreen gradually diminishes in size as each wish of its owner is granted through its magic power; in the moment the skin shrinks to nothing, he dies. Used allusively to indicate the progressive diminution of something, esp. the human lifespan. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > [noun] > course or span of life > diminution of peau de chagrin1861 1861 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. 31 Dec. (1954) III. 475 The years of retrieval keep shrinking—the terrible peau de chagrin whose outline narrows..with our ebbing life. 1910 W. J. Locke Simon the Jester v. 56 I see my little allotted span of life shrinking visibly, like the peau de chagrin. 1946 L. P. Hartley Sixth Heaven v. 111 Money..[is] really like the Peau de Chagrin, and dwindles with every wish. 1999 Irish Times 27 Dec. 13 Moreover the tissue not only beats, but grows—unlike the not less uncanny peau de chagrin. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1861
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