princesse lointainen.

Brit.

/prãˌsɛs lwãˈtɛn/,

/prɪnˌsɛs lwãˈtɛn/, U.S.

/ˈˌprɪnˌsɛs lwɑnˈtɛn/

Forms: Also with capital initials.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French princesse lointaine.

Etymology: < French princesse lointaine, literally ‘faraway princess’ (1920 or earlier in this sense; 1895 in the title of the play La princesse lointaine by E. Rostand (1868–1918)) < princesse princess n. + lointaine , feminine of lointain faraway (see lontaigne adj.).Rostand's play is based on a legend in the anonymous Vida (semi-fictional biography) of the 12th-cent. troubadour Jaufré Rudel, who was noted for developing the theme of amor de lonh (also amor lonhdana), lit. ‘love from afar’, in his poems. The Vida tells how Jaufré heard about the Countess of Tripoli and fell madly in love with her without even having seen her, composed many poems in her honour, and embarked on a long overseas voyage in order to set eyes on her just once.

An idealized but unattainable woman.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [noun] > perfect person or thing > specific

fairy prince1840

princesse lointaine1921

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [adjective] > not affable

strange1338

estrangec1374

formal?1518

cold1557

squeamish1561

icy1567

buckrama1589

repulsive1598

starched1600

unaffable1603

stiff1608

withdrawing1611

reserved1612

aloof1639

cool1641

uncordial1643

inaffable1656

staunch1659

standfra1683

distant1710

starcha1716

distancing1749

pokerish1779

buckramed1793

angular1808

easeless1811

touch-me-not1817

starchy1824

standoffish1826

offish1827

poker-backed1830

standoff1837

stiffish1840

chilly1841

unapproachable1848

hedgehoggy1866

sticky1882

hard-to-get1899

stand-away1938

princesse lointaine1957

1921 W. J. Locke Mountebank viii. 96 The woman who could satisfy all his romantic imaginings was the Princesse Lointaine.

1949 R. Harvey Curtain Time 127 Papa was the romantic and the mystic, following the gleam of the fiercer bass, the more golden wall-eyed pike, and sailing in search of a muskelunge, as if for some princesse lointaine.

1957 L. Durrell Bitter Lemons 97 I had seen her..driving about the hills with the same princesse lointaine expression.

1969 M. Drabble Waterfall 42 She lay there, the unachievable princesse lointaine.

1995 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 12 Jan. 20/4 In Updike's afterlife, the women of tired men are not the princesses lointaines they used to be in previous books.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	princesse lointaine
释义	princesse lointainen. Brit. /prãˌsɛs lwãˈtɛn/, /prɪnˌsɛs lwãˈtɛn/, U.S. /ˈˌprɪnˌsɛs lwɑnˈtɛn/ Forms: Also with capital initials. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French princesse lointaine. Etymology: < French princesse lointaine, literally ‘faraway princess’ (1920 or earlier in this sense; 1895 in the title of the play La princesse lointaine by E. Rostand (1868–1918)) < princesse princess n. + lointaine , feminine of lointain faraway (see lontaigne adj.).Rostand's play is based on a legend in the anonymous Vida (semi-fictional biography) of the 12th-cent. troubadour Jaufré Rudel, who was noted for developing the theme of amor de lonh (also amor lonhdana), lit. ‘love from afar’, in his poems. The Vida tells how Jaufré heard about the Countess of Tripoli and fell madly in love with her without even having seen her, composed many poems in her honour, and embarked on a long overseas voyage in order to set eyes on her just once. An idealized but unattainable woman. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [noun] > perfect person or thing > specific fairy prince1840 princesse lointaine1921 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [adjective] > not affable strange1338 estrangec1374 formal?1518 cold1557 squeamish1561 icy1567 buckrama1589 repulsive1598 starched1600 unaffable1603 stiff1608 withdrawing1611 reserved1612 aloof1639 cool1641 uncordial1643 inaffable1656 staunch1659 standfra1683 distant1710 starcha1716 distancing1749 pokerish1779 buckramed1793 angular1808 easeless1811 touch-me-not1817 starchy1824 standoffish1826 offish1827 poker-backed1830 standoff1837 stiffish1840 chilly1841 unapproachable1848 hedgehoggy1866 sticky1882 hard-to-get1899 stand-away1938 princesse lointaine1957 1921 W. J. Locke Mountebank viii. 96 The woman who could satisfy all his romantic imaginings was the Princesse Lointaine. 1949 R. Harvey Curtain Time 127 Papa was the romantic and the mystic, following the gleam of the fiercer bass, the more golden wall-eyed pike, and sailing in search of a muskelunge, as if for some princesse lointaine. 1957 L. Durrell Bitter Lemons 97 I had seen her..driving about the hills with the same princesse lointaine expression. 1969 M. Drabble Waterfall 42 She lay there, the unachievable princesse lointaine. 1995 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 12 Jan. 20/4 In Updike's afterlife, the women of tired men are not the princesses lointaines they used to be in previous books. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1921
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