rastaquouèren.adj.

Brit.

/rastəˈkwɛː/, U.S.

/ˌræstəˈkwɛr/

Forms: 1800s– rastaqouère, 1800s– rastaquouere, 1900s– rastacouaire, 1900s– rastacouere, 1900s– rastaquere, 1900s– rastaquouère, 1900s– rastaquouére.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French rastaquouère, rastacouère.

Etymology: < French rastaquouère (1881), rastacouère, rastaquère (1880) < South American Spanish rastracueros , arrastracueros (also rastracuero , arrastracuero ) contemptible person, a nobody, apparently literally ‘person who crawls or drags himself along naked’ < Spanish arrastrar to drag (see arrastre n.) + cueros , plural of cuero leather, hide ( < classical Latin corium : see cuirass n.). Compare Spanish rastacueros (1905; < French).The idea that the South American Spanish word also had the sense ‘wholesaler in furs or leather’, and that the use in French arose from the fact that many wealthy South Americans resident in Paris at the end of the 19th cent. owed their wealth to trade in leather and furs, apparently has no foundation.

depreciative. Now rare.

A. n.

A person (esp. one from a Mediterranean or South American country) regarded as a social interloper and frequently considered to be nouveau riche or excessively ostentatious in manners or dress; a foreign upstart.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [noun] > theatrical or exaggerated behaviour > person > foreign

rastaquouère1883

rasta1905

1883 M. E. Braddon Phantom Fortune III. v. 110 He was the typical rastaquouere, a man of finished manners, and unknown antecedents.

1895 R. H. Davis & C. D. Gibson About Paris iv. 175 These are the carriages entered for prizes... One holds a group of Rastaqouères, who have spent a clerk's yearly income in decorating their victoria, that they may send word back to South America that they have won a prize from a board of Parisian judges.

1913 M. Larisch My Past ix. 104 I rather liked the Baroness, although Count Larisch rudely termed the whole family rastaquouères.

1930 A. Huxley Vulgarity in Lit. vi. 34 The rastacouaire might display the twin cabochon emeralds at his shirt cuffs and the platinum wrist watch.

1947 W. Sorell tr. W. Herzog From Dreyfus to Petain xiv. 185 This Major Esterhazy of the Seventy-fourth Regiment was, according to the reports, an adventurer, a rastaquouére, always in pecuniary difficulties.

2002 H. E. Craig Marcel Proust & Spanish Amer. iii. 112 Carpentier's somewhat refined rastaquouère has his barbarous side. His wealth and social position depend upon his being dictator of a small Spanish American nation.

B. adj.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of rastaquouères; of the nature of a rastaquouère.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] > theatrical or exaggerated (of person) > characteristic of foreigner

rastaquouère1899

1899 Newark (Ohio) Daily Advocate 2 Jan. 2 New York had occasionally heard musicians who boasted the possession of titles, although they have usually suggested a rastaquouere origin and were never seen on the programmes.

1924 J. Buchan Three Hostages xiii. 199 The usual rastaqouère crowd of men and women drinking liqueurs and champagne.

1940 J. Buchan Memory Hold-the-Door vi. 128 There was a vulgar display of wealth, and a rastaquouère craze for luxury.

1975 Times Lit. Suppl. 19 Dec. 1511/2 The worst book ever written by an Old Etonian, even by a rather rastaquouère Old Etonian.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rastaquouère
释义	rastaquouèren.adj. Brit. /rastəˈkwɛː/, U.S. /ˌræstəˈkwɛr/ Forms: 1800s– rastaqouère, 1800s– rastaquouere, 1900s– rastacouaire, 1900s– rastacouere, 1900s– rastaquere, 1900s– rastaquouère, 1900s– rastaquouére. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French rastaquouère, rastacouère. Etymology: < French rastaquouère (1881), rastacouère, rastaquère (1880) < South American Spanish rastracueros , arrastracueros (also rastracuero , arrastracuero ) contemptible person, a nobody, apparently literally ‘person who crawls or drags himself along naked’ < Spanish arrastrar to drag (see arrastre n.) + cueros , plural of cuero leather, hide ( < classical Latin corium : see cuirass n.). Compare Spanish rastacueros (1905; < French).The idea that the South American Spanish word also had the sense ‘wholesaler in furs or leather’, and that the use in French arose from the fact that many wealthy South Americans resident in Paris at the end of the 19th cent. owed their wealth to trade in leather and furs, apparently has no foundation. depreciative. Now rare. A. n. A person (esp. one from a Mediterranean or South American country) regarded as a social interloper and frequently considered to be nouveau riche or excessively ostentatious in manners or dress; a foreign upstart. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [noun] > theatrical or exaggerated behaviour > person > foreign rastaquouère1883 rasta1905 1883 M. E. Braddon Phantom Fortune III. v. 110 He was the typical rastaquouere, a man of finished manners, and unknown antecedents. 1895 R. H. Davis & C. D. Gibson About Paris iv. 175 These are the carriages entered for prizes... One holds a group of Rastaqouères, who have spent a clerk's yearly income in decorating their victoria, that they may send word back to South America that they have won a prize from a board of Parisian judges. 1913 M. Larisch My Past ix. 104 I rather liked the Baroness, although Count Larisch rudely termed the whole family rastaquouères. 1930 A. Huxley Vulgarity in Lit. vi. 34 The rastacouaire might display the twin cabochon emeralds at his shirt cuffs and the platinum wrist watch. 1947 W. Sorell tr. W. Herzog From Dreyfus to Petain xiv. 185 This Major Esterhazy of the Seventy-fourth Regiment was, according to the reports, an adventurer, a rastaquouére, always in pecuniary difficulties. 2002 H. E. Craig Marcel Proust & Spanish Amer. iii. 112 Carpentier's somewhat refined rastaquouère has his barbarous side. His wealth and social position depend upon his being dictator of a small Spanish American nation. B. adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of rastaquouères; of the nature of a rastaquouère. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] > theatrical or exaggerated (of person) > characteristic of foreigner rastaquouère1899 1899 Newark (Ohio) Daily Advocate 2 Jan. 2 New York had occasionally heard musicians who boasted the possession of titles, although they have usually suggested a rastaquouere origin and were never seen on the programmes. 1924 J. Buchan Three Hostages xiii. 199 The usual rastaqouère crowd of men and women drinking liqueurs and champagne. 1940 J. Buchan Memory Hold-the-Door vi. 128 There was a vulgar display of wealth, and a rastaquouère craze for luxury. 1975 Times Lit. Suppl. 19 Dec. 1511/2 The worst book ever written by an Old Etonian, even by a rather rastaquouère Old Etonian. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1883
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