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单词 populuxe
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Populuxen.adj.

Brit. /ˈpɒpjᵿlʌks/, U.S. /ˈpɑpjəˌləks/
Forms: also with lower-case initial.
Origin: Formed within English, by blending. Etymons: popular adj., popularity n., luxe n.
Etymology: Blend of popul- (in popular adj., popularity n., etc.) and luxe n.Compare:1986 T. Hine Populuxe 6 Populuxe is a synthetic word... It derives, of course, from populism and popularity, with just a fleeting allusion to pop art... And it has luxury, popular luxury... Finally, Populuxe contains a thoroughly unnecessary ‘e,’ to give it class. That final embellishment of a practical and straightforward invention is what makes the word Populuxe, well, Populuxe.
U.S.
A. n.
A style of architecture, home furnishings, and automobile design characterized by futuristic shapes and ornamentation and often incorporating chrome and synthetic materials, primarily associated with the 1950s and 1960s.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > [noun] > types of furniture generally
wainscot1589
oak1829
casework1855
Chippendalism1880
Queen Anne1883
Colonial Revival1889
mission furniture1900
Bombay furniture1910
Chinese Chippendale1922
Danish modern1948
patio furniture1969
Populuxe1986
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > style of architecture > [noun]
architecturea1701
style1777
Populuxe1986
1986 T. Hine Populuxe 4 The essence of Populuxe is not merely having things. It is having things in a way that they've never been had before, and it is an expression of outright, thoroughly vulgar joy in being able to live so well.
1996 Salmagundi (Electronic ed.) Summer He sits in his barber's chair, pumps it (an ancient green Nardo, from St. Louis, a finned beaut from the golden age of populuxe) to its kingliest height.
2003 N.Y. Times 12 Jan. ix. 1 By the end of the 1950's..the V-8 was as much a symbol of American Populuxe as the split-level home or the television set.
B. adj.
Of or designating the style or period of Populuxe.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > [adjective] > types of furniture generally
standing1444
plush1615
Queen Elizabeth1673
occasional1749
Adametic1774
French-polished1836
upholstered1837
Adamish1838
Chippendale1855
Queen Anne1863
knock-down1875
Wellington chest1880
Adamesque1881
Sheraton1883
Hepplewhite1897
quaint1897
bombé1904
lowboy1915
Jacobean1918
overstuffed1922
spool1928
Williamsburg1931
thermed1952
stackable1958
Scandinavian1959
wall-to-wall1959
Populuxe1986
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > style of architecture > [adjective] > other styles
florida1706
massive1723
rounded1757
round-arched1782
castellar1789
baronial1807
rational1813
English colonial1817
massy1817
transitional1817
Scottish Baronial1829
rococo1830
flamboyant1832
Scotch Baronial1833
Churrigueresque1845
Russo-Byzantine1845
soaring1849
trenchant1849
vernacular1857
Scots Baronial1864
baroque1867
Perp.1867
rayonnant1873
Dutch colonial1876
Neo-Grec1878
rococoesque1885
Richardsonian1887
federal1894
organic1896
confectionery1897
European-style1907
postmodern1916
Lutyens1921
modern1927
moderne1928
functionalist1930
Williamsburg1931
Colonial Revival1934
packing case1935
Corbusian1936
lavatorial1936
pseudish1938
Adamesque1942
rationalist1952
Miesian1956
open-planned1958
Lutyensesque1961
façade1962
Odeon1964
high-tech1979
Populuxe1986
1986 N.Y. Times 29 Oct. c22/2 The ways in which the populuxe esthetic appropriated (and often debased) modernist ideas and motifs.
1992 J. Stern & M. Stern Encycl. Pop Culture 168/1 By the time America's buying frenzy hit full stride in the Populuxe era after World War II, Harley Earl's giddy designs helped make Motor City products a paragon of the materialistic enthusiasms of a growing consumer society.
2003 Film Comment Mar.–Apr. 52/1 Far From Heaven reproduces not only those crane shots and slow fades from the Sirk film but also its Populuxe interiors.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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