roi soleiln.

Brit.

/ˌrwɑː sɒˈleɪ/, U.S.

/ˈˌrwɑ sɑˈleɪ/

Forms: also with capital initials.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French roi soleil.

Etymology: < French roi soleil, informal title of Louis XIV of France, literally ‘sun king’ (1779 or earlier) < roi roy n.² + soleil sun (see soleil n.), with allusion to a heraldic device used by the king. O.E.D. Suppl. (1982) gives the partly non-naturalized pronunciation (rwa sǫlęy) /rwa sɔlɛj/.

1. An informal title of: Louis XIV, King of France from 1643 to 1715.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > [noun] > titles applied to royalty > for a king or ruler

kingeOE

kingship1638

roi soleil1868

1868 N.-Y. Tribune 25 July 2/1 The blighting frown of that really magnificent, truly admirable, really right royal humbug, le Roi Soleil, Louis XIV.

1870 National Q. Rev. Mar. 345 Within its walls the arts and sciences have been fostered with an equal spirit to the palmy days of the roi soleil.

1903 Burlington Mag. Mar. 100/2 The illusion that nothing is changed in their noble house, that the same river flows outside, and that the ‘Roi-soleil’ still reigns.

1978 Times 27 May 7/1 The palmy days of the Roi Soleil.

2004 P. Barbour et al. France (new ed.) ii. 16 The realm of the Roi-Soleil had never exactly been paradise for the poor.

2. A person who (or occasionally a thing which) has a dominance or pre-eminence comparable to that of Louis XIV.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > one who is important > one who is distinguished or notable

palma1525

somebodya1566

Dona1635

great gun1657

lion1715

bahadur1776

tyee1792

lioness1808

top-sawyer1826

roi soleil1880

1880 ‘Ouida’ Moths II. xv. 133 Corrèze was always the Roi Soleil of his time.

1890 G. C. M. Birdwood Rep. Misc. Old Rec. India Office 222 The earliest coins minted by the English in India were of copper, stamped with a figure of an irradiated lingam, the phallic ‘Roi Soleil’.

1958 Spectator 6 June 721/2 Her rule is no longer the roi-soleil variety.

1961 Listener 31 Aug. 319/2 Popular books on Picasso in which the artistic roi soleil of the post-war years is still pictured as on some barricade or other.

1966 Guardian 31 Dec. 5/3 Cecil Harmsworth King, the roi soleil of Long Acre.

2001 Times 21 Mar. ii. 10/4 Amenophis III,..who is sometimes described as Ancient Egypt's roi soleil , represented the zenith of conventional Pharaonic rule.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	roi soleil
释义	roi soleiln. Brit. /ˌrwɑː sɒˈleɪ/, U.S. /ˈˌrwɑ sɑˈleɪ/ Forms: also with capital initials. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French roi soleil. Etymology: < French roi soleil, informal title of Louis XIV of France, literally ‘sun king’ (1779 or earlier) < roi roy n.² + soleil sun (see soleil n.), with allusion to a heraldic device used by the king. O.E.D. Suppl. (1982) gives the partly non-naturalized pronunciation (rwa sǫlęy) /rwa sɔlɛj/. 1. An informal title of: Louis XIV, King of France from 1643 to 1715. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > [noun] > titles applied to royalty > for a king or ruler kingeOE kingship1638 roi soleil1868 1868 N.-Y. Tribune 25 July 2/1 The blighting frown of that really magnificent, truly admirable, really right royal humbug, le Roi Soleil, Louis XIV. 1870 National Q. Rev. Mar. 345 Within its walls the arts and sciences have been fostered with an equal spirit to the palmy days of the roi soleil. 1903 Burlington Mag. Mar. 100/2 The illusion that nothing is changed in their noble house, that the same river flows outside, and that the ‘Roi-soleil’ still reigns. 1978 Times 27 May 7/1 The palmy days of the Roi Soleil. 2004 P. Barbour et al. France (new ed.) ii. 16 The realm of the Roi-Soleil had never exactly been paradise for the poor. 2. A person who (or occasionally a thing which) has a dominance or pre-eminence comparable to that of Louis XIV. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > one who is important > one who is distinguished or notable palma1525 somebodya1566 Dona1635 great gun1657 lion1715 bahadur1776 tyee1792 lioness1808 top-sawyer1826 roi soleil1880 1880 ‘Ouida’ Moths II. xv. 133 Corrèze was always the Roi Soleil of his time. 1890 G. C. M. Birdwood Rep. Misc. Old Rec. India Office 222 The earliest coins minted by the English in India were of copper, stamped with a figure of an irradiated lingam, the phallic ‘Roi Soleil’. 1958 Spectator 6 June 721/2 Her rule is no longer the roi-soleil variety. 1961 Listener 31 Aug. 319/2 Popular books on Picasso in which the artistic roi soleil of the post-war years is still pictured as on some barricade or other. 1966 Guardian 31 Dec. 5/3 Cecil Harmsworth King, the roi soleil of Long Acre. 2001 Times 21 Mar. ii. 10/4 Amenophis III,..who is sometimes described as Ancient Egypt's roi soleil , represented the zenith of conventional Pharaonic rule. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1868
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