beauté du diablen.

Brit.

/bəʊˌteɪ duː dɪˈɑːbl(ə)/, U.S.

/boʊˌteɪ du diˈɑbl(ə)/

Forms: 1800s– beauté du diable, 2000s– beaute du diable.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French beauté du diable.

Etymology: < French beauté du diable (1823 or earlier), lit. ‘devil's beauty’ < beauté beauty n. + du of the + diable diable int.Compare the following slightly earlier occurrence of the French phrase in an English context:1823 F. MacDonogh Hermit Abroad I. 209 The young chit..possessed no merit but that of a new face, and what the French call la beauté du diable.

Beauty that is associated with youth; esp. transient and superficial attractiveness and charm, often associated with a mischievous or rakish personality.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > attractiveness > [noun] > superficial

beauté du diable1827

1827 H. Wilson Mem. V. 318 I could not help being struck with his beauty, however persons may, now, be inclined to dispute my taste. Arthur's was the beauté du diable, and since that period, he has..grown older, and more stupid.

1870 R. Broughton Red as Rose I. viii. 157 Hers is essentially beauté du diable..one of those little faces that have been at the bottom of half the mischiefs the world has seen.

1936 E. Bowen in D. Verschoyle Eng. Novelists 104 Henry Crawford is more energetic, dashing and unscrupulous. He has a certain beauté du diable.

2005 Sydney Morning Herald 9 Apr. (Spectrum Suppl.) 27/2 Emma and her kind are anything but sensible... They are, in a word, susceptible—to the beau monde, to the beaute du diable.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	beauté du diable
释义	beauté du diablen. Brit. /bəʊˌteɪ duː dɪˈɑːbl(ə)/, U.S. /boʊˌteɪ du diˈɑbl(ə)/ Forms: 1800s– beauté du diable, 2000s– beaute du diable. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French beauté du diable. Etymology: < French beauté du diable (1823 or earlier), lit. ‘devil's beauty’ < beauté beauty n. + du of the + diable diable int.Compare the following slightly earlier occurrence of the French phrase in an English context:1823 F. MacDonogh Hermit Abroad I. 209 The young chit..possessed no merit but that of a new face, and what the French call la beauté du diable. Beauty that is associated with youth; esp. transient and superficial attractiveness and charm, often associated with a mischievous or rakish personality. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attractiveness > [noun] > superficial beauté du diable1827 1827 H. Wilson Mem. V. 318 I could not help being struck with his beauty, however persons may, now, be inclined to dispute my taste. Arthur's was the beauté du diable, and since that period, he has..grown older, and more stupid. 1870 R. Broughton Red as Rose I. viii. 157 Hers is essentially beauté du diable..one of those little faces that have been at the bottom of half the mischiefs the world has seen. 1936 E. Bowen in D. Verschoyle Eng. Novelists 104 Henry Crawford is more energetic, dashing and unscrupulous. He has a certain beauté du diable. 2005 Sydney Morning Herald 9 Apr. (Spectrum Suppl.) 27/2 Emma and her kind are anything but sensible... They are, in a word, susceptible—to the beau monde, to the beaute du diable. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1827
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