bonadj.

/bɒ̃/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French bon.

Etymology: < French bon good (see boon adj.).

Used in certain French phrases.

a. bon-accord n. /ˈbɔnəˈkɔrd/ Scottish. Agreement, good-will, good-fellowship; an expression of good will. [ < French bon accord (mid 15th cent. in Middle French) < bon bon adj. + accord accord n.]

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > [noun] > comradeship

bon-accordc1650

comradeship1821

camaraderie1840

comradery1879

comradeliness1930

society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > [noun] > concord

sibsomenesseOE

somec1000

somrednessa1250

accordc1275

onehead1340

unityc1384

concordc1386

accordance1388

union?1435

onement1454

greement1483

agreeance1525

agreement1529

atonementa1535

onenessa1575

onehood?1578

harmony1588

agreea1592

unison1606

commodation1643

bon-accordc1650

unisoniety1663

regalia1745

at-oneness1877

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [noun] > goodwill or kind intention

goodwilleOE

favoura1340

well-willinga1382

well-meaninga1393

good nature?c1450

voillancea1500

well-disposedness1606

bon-accordc1650

well-meaningness1663

well-naturedness1679

well-intentionedness1799

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [noun] > goodwill or kind intention > a good wish

well wish1595

wish1597

bon-accordc1650

c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1850) I. 274 Articles of Bonacord, to be condiscendit vnto by the maiestratis of Abirdein.

c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1850) I. 276 A peremptour present ansuer of Bon-accord or Mal-accord.

c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1850) I. 208 During whiche tyme he gat no bon-acord drunkin to him.

1887 N.E.D. at Bon Mod. (Aberdeen is sometimes called ‘the city of Bon-accord’: the word is also frequent in the titles of Scottish charitable and convivial societies.)

b. bon appétit n. /bɔn apeti/ A salutation before eating. [ < French bon appetit good appetite (a1695; 1835 as a greeting) < bon bon adj. + appetit appetite n.]

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > [interjection] > salutation prior to eating

profacec1500

bon appétit1860

1860 E. C. Gaskell Let. Aug. (1966) 626 We wandered about in the Park, being bitten by gnats..& there was no need to wish them ‘Bon Appetit!’

1965 I. Fleming Man with Golden Gun xiii. 170 The circling buzzard had found its offal... Bond wished it ‘bon appétit’.

1984 Washington Post 12 Feb. h7/2 Take it as a challenge to redirect your cooking skills by preserving the pleasures of dining out and at the same time protecting your health. Bon appetit!

c. bon-chrétien n. /bɔ̃kretjɛ̃/ Also 1500s–1600s -chrestien, -crestien. A name given to one or two kinds of pears. [ < French bon chrétien (15th cent.), literally ‘good Christian’ < bon bon adj. + chrétien (see Christian adj. and n.).]

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > pear > [noun] > other types of pear

calewey1377

choke-pear1530

muscadel1555

lording1573

bon-chrétienc1575

Burgundian pear1578

king pear1585

amiot1600

bergamot1600

butter pear1600

dew-pear1600

greening1600

bottle pear1601

gourd-pear1601

critling1611

pearc1612

nutmeg1629

rosewater pear1629

amber pear1638

Christian1651

chesil1664

diego1664

frith-pear1664

primate1664

saffron pear1664

Windsor pear1664

nonsuch1674

muscat1675

burnt-cat1676

ambrette1686

sanguinole1693

satin1693

St. Germain pear1693

amadot1706

burree1719

Doyenne1731

beurré1736

colmar1736

chaumontel1755

Marie Louise1817

seckel1817

vergaloo1828

Passe Colmar1837

glou-morceau1859

London sugar1860

Kieffer pear1880

sand pear1880

sandy pear1884

nashi1892

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > pear > other types of

calewey1377

honey peara1400

pome-pear1440

pome-wardena1513

choke-pear1530

muscadel1555

worry pear1562

lording1573

bon-chrétienc1575

Burgundian pear1578

king pear1585

pound pear1585

poppering1597

wood of Jerusalem1597

muscadine1598

amiot1600

bergamot1600

butter pear1600

dew-pear1600

greening1600

mollart1600

roset1600

wax pear1600

bottle pear1601

gourd-pear1601

Venerian pear1601

musk pear1611

rose pear1611

pusill1615

Christian1629

nutmeg1629

rolling pear1629

surreine1629

sweater1629

amber pear1638

Venus-pear1648

horse-pear1657

Martin1658

russet1658

rousselet1660

diego1664

frith-pear1664

maudlin1664

Messire Jean1664

primate1664

sovereign1664

spindle-pear1664

stopple-pear1664

sugar-pear1664

virgin1664

Windsor pear1664

violet-pear1666

nonsuch1674

muscat1675

burnt-cat1676

squash pear1676

rose1678

Longueville1681

maiden-heart1685

ambrette1686

vermilion1691

admiral1693

sanguinole1693

satin1693

St. Germain pear1693

pounder pear1697

vine-pear1704

amadot1706

marchioness1706

marquise1706

Margaret1707

short-neck1707

musk1708

burree1719

marquis1728

union pear1728

Doyenne pear1731

Magdalene1731

beurré1736

colmar1736

Monsieur Jean1736

muscadella1736

swan's egg1736

chaumontel1755

St Michael's pear1796

Williams1807

Marie Louise1817

seckel1817

Bartlett1828

vergaloo1828

Passe Colmar1837

glou-morceau1859

London sugar1860

snow-pear1860

Comice1866

Kieffer pear1880

sand pear1880

sandy pear1884

snowy pear1884

c1575 Arte of Planting 39 Specially the Peare called bon Chrestien.

1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 66 in Sylva Great Kairville, Winter-Bon-Cretienne.

1706 J. Gardiner tr. R. Rapin Of Gardens iv. 162 By happy Art, thus Amiterna's Shade, Rich with the sweet Boon-cretien Pear is made.

1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais iv. liv I'll call them bon-christian or good-christian pears.

1859 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Gardening , Kitchen Pears 60 Spanish bon Chrétien, long known in France, probably from Spain.

d. bon enfant n. /bɔn ɑ̃fɑ̃/ lit. ‘good child’; an agreeable or jolly companion. [ < French bon enfant agreeable person (1560), literally ‘good child’ < bon bon adj. + enfant infant n.¹]

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > a companion or associate > [noun] > pleasant

fellowa1225

bully rook1602

crick1616

bon enfant1836

jollier1896

1836 H. Greville Diary (1883) 105 He is very merry and bon enfant, and quickly enters into conversation.

1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lxiv. 588 Look, Madame Crawley, you were always bon enfant, and I have an interest in you, parole d'honneur.

1883 Sat. Rev. 6 Jan. 3/1 He was always and to every one bon enfant.

e. bon gré mal gré adv. and phr. willingly or unwillingly. (See bongre adv.) [ < French bon gré mal gré (see maugre n.); compare bongre maugre at maugre adv. 3.]

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > necessity > [adverb] > whether one will or not

would…nouldOE

whether he (etc.) will or nillOE

will I (or) nill I (he, they, etc.)OE

maugre1340

nill he, will hea1400

who(ever) will or nillc1449

bongre maugrec1450

whether‥yea or no (also nay)1515

nolens volens1547

willing or nilling1578

volens nolens1602

willy-nilly1608

nilling, willing1657

nilly-willy1662

bon gré mal gré1818

wilta shalta1824

william-nilliam1907

1818 E. Blaquière tr. F. Pananti Narr. Resid. Algiers xii. 233 The mother is constantly in attendance, to enforce their being devoured bon gré malgré.

1818 Lady Morgan Florence Macarthy I. iii. 153 And now, you may depend upon it, bon gré, malgré, we shall be fated to stop at this Lis—something.

1825 H. Wilson Mem. I. 172 Your sister Amy..drove me, bongré malgré, to her house, and then insisted on my walking up stairs, and supping with her.

1848 A. Trollope Kellys & O'Kellys II. xi. 249 They were going to drag him into the box bongré malgré.

1870 C. M. Yonge Caged Lion x. 177 She must submit, bon gré, mal gré, to become the wife of the Scottish prince.

f. bonjour n. /bɔ̃ ʒur/ lit. ‘good day’; a form of salutation on meeting in the daytime; hence, a civil greeting. [ < Middle French, French bonjour (a1230 in Old French as a collocation; 15th cent. as a greeting) < bon bon adj. + jour (see jour n.¹).]

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > courteous formulae [phrase] > terms of greeting > at specific times of day

good morrowc1390

good mornc1400

God give you good even1481

good evena1500

bonjour1573

1573 G. Gascoigne Disc. Aduentures Master F. I. in Hundreth Sundrie Flowres 273 Who after their Bon iour did all (vna voce) seeme to lament the sickness of F. I.

1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus i. i. 490 To morrow..With horne and hound, weele giue your grace bon iour .

1595 Blanchardine & Eglantine K2 After Sadony had royally presented himselfe to the veiw of all, giuing a princely boniure to the Lordes.

1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward I. iii. 60 The landlord entered,—answered his bon jour with a reverence.

1853 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes (1854) I. v. 50 The sea being recommended to him Mrs. Newcome..transferred him to his maternal aunt at Brighton. Then it was bonjour.

g. bon mot n. /bɔ̃ mo/, plural /moz/ A clever or witty saying; a witticism, repartee. [ < French bon mot good saying (c1227 in Old French) < bon bon adj. + mot mot n.²]

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > wit with words > [noun] > instance of

crank1594

wits, fits, and fancies1595

jerk1598

quirk1600

tongue-squib1628

dictery1632

repartee1637

quip1645

good thing1671

bon mot1735

a play on (also upon) words1761

sally1781

wordplay1794

southboarda1805

mot1813

smartism1830

1735 King in Swift's Lett. (1768) IV. 115 What is he doing with his bons mots?

1781 W. Cowper Truth 307 The Scripture was his jest-book, whence he drew Bon mots to gall the Christian and the Jew.

1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XIII xcvii. 103 What unexpected woes Await those who have studied their bon mots.

1826 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey II. iv. v. 205 Come! a bon mot.

1875 R. W. Emerson Lett. & Social Aims vi. 146 The bon-mots that circulate in Society.

h. bon-ton n. /bɔ̃tɔ̃/ archaic. Good style, good breeding; polite or fashionable society; the fashionable world. Also attributive. [ < French bon ton (1746) < bon bon adj. + ton ton n.³]

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > fashionable society > [noun] > style or quality of

fashion1604

mode1668

bon-ton1747

haut ton1801

swellism1840

West Endism1841

swellishness1863

toffishness1873

mundanity1892

swellness1894

1747 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 1 Dec. (1932) (modernized text) III. 1061 Leipsig is not the place to give him that bon ton, which I know he wants.

1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker I. 214 She lives in the bon ton..and is visited by persons of the first fashion.

1807 Salmagundi 31 Dec. 392 To harangue the bon-ton reader.

1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 1 Aug. 10/2 There was a word, or rather a phrase, in common use among them a century or so gone by which has fallen into desuetude with us. No one now speaks of bon ton.

i. bon-vivant n. /bɔ̃vivɑ̃/ (also bonne vivante /bɔn vivɑ̃t/feminine) One fond of good living; a gourmand. [ < French bon vivant (1680; also bonne vivante, feminine) < bon bon adj. + vivant living (see vivand adj.).]

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > gastronomy > [noun] > gastronome or epicure

viandera1556

sweet-lips1580

deipnosophist1581

feaster1585

epicure1586

friand1598

palatist1620

goinfre1643

palate-mana1661

palate-peoplea1661

bon-vivant1695

belly-critica1711

gourmand1758

turtle-eatera1774

connoisseur1796

gullet-fancier1805

gastrophilist1814

gastrologer1820

gastronomer1820

gastrophile1820

gourmet1820

palatician1821

gastrologist1822

gastronome1823

gastronomist1825

degustator1833

aristologist1835

opsophagist1854

gastrosoph1855

bon viveur1865

gastrosopher1894

foodist1906

foodie1980

1695 Marquis of Halifax Some Cautions Members Parl. 29 The truth is, the habit of such Bons vivants, which is the fashionable word, maketh a suspicion so likely.

1798 M. Edgeworth & R. L. Edgeworth Pract. Educ. I. x. 279 The sympathy of bon vivants is..very lively and sincere towards each other.

1824 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XV lxiv. 37 But though a ‘bonne vivante’..Her stomach's not her peccant part.

1862 Fraser's Mag. July 46 He was also a bon-vivant, a diner-out, and a story-teller.

j. bon viveur n. /bɔ̃ vivœr/ A pseudo-French substitute for bon-vivant n. at sense i. [ < French bon viveur (1834 or earlier) < bon bon adj. + viveur a living person (see viveur n.).]

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > gastronomy > [noun] > gastronome or epicure

viandera1556

sweet-lips1580

deipnosophist1581

feaster1585

epicure1586

friand1598

palatist1620

goinfre1643

palate-mana1661

palate-peoplea1661

bon-vivant1695

belly-critica1711

gourmand1758

turtle-eatera1774

connoisseur1796

gullet-fancier1805

gastrophilist1814

gastrologer1820

gastronomer1820

gastrophile1820

gourmet1820

palatician1821

gastrologist1822

gastronome1823

gastronomist1825

degustator1833

aristologist1835

opsophagist1854

gastrosoph1855

bon viveur1865

gastrosopher1894

foodist1906

foodie1980

1865 ‘Ouida’ Strathmore I. xx. 297 A cosy bachelor-villa that had been long inhabited by an old English bon viveur.

1888 Athenæum 11 Feb. 171/3 Mr. Rogers has said and eaten as many good things as those excellent bons viveurs.

k. bon voyage n. /bɔ̃ vwajaʒ/ see boon adj. 2 ‘Pleasant journey’: used esp. as an expression of farewell to a traveller. [ < French bon voyage (1518 in Middle French) < bon bon adj. + voyage voyage n.]

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > [phrase] > expression of farewell to traveller

bon voyage1680

1680 R. L'Estrange tr. Erasmus 20 Select Colloquies iii. 51 After this, a swinging Glass was put about, to the Bon Voyage.

1825 H. Wilson Mem. II. 149 I coolly wished him un bon voyage, and..jumped into the carriage.

1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxxii. 276 Bon voyage, as they say.

1936 Times Lit. Suppl. 20 June 512/4 The reader will wish her bon voyage, many adventures..and a safe return.

1954 W. Stevens Let. 6 Apr. (1967) 824 Good luck and bon voyage!

l. See bonair adj., bonally n., bon-bon n., bonchief n., bongrace n., bongre prep. and adv., bonhomie n., Bonhomme n.; cf. bonne n.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	bon
释义	Bonn. /bɒn/ Forms: Also O-Bon. Etymology: Japanese; also with honorific prefix o-. A Japanese Buddhist festival held annually in August to honour the dead; the Festival of the Dead, or Lantern Festival. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > other seasons and feasts > Buddhist > [noun] poya1853 Bon1899 Vesak1927 1617 R. Cocks Diary 5 Aug. (1883) I. 292 This night began the feast of bonbon, or for the dead, with hanging out of candell light, and enviting the dead, etc.] 1899 L. Hearn In Ghostly Japan vi. 79 The time of the Bon—the great Festival of the Dead,—which begins upon the thirteenth day of the seventh month. 1965 W. Swaan Japanese Lantern xiv. 167 The most important festival in the lives of the people is that of O-Bon, the Buddhist equivalent of All Souls' Day or the Feast of the Dead. 1966 P. S. Buck People of Japan (1968) xii. 149 All Japan celebrates a reunion with the dead during the annual Bon Festival, a Buddhist festival often called the feast of lanterns. 1974 G. Wingate in Folklore of Texan Cultures (Texas Folklore Soc. Publ. No. 38) 332 There were harvest dances for the time on the moon calendar known as O-Bon, a three day period beginning August 13, when the spirits of the dead were said to come back to earth. 1985 J. Randle & M. Watanabe Coping with Japan 146 At special times in the year, particularly New Year and O Bon (when ancestors are remembered) people follow Japan's great traditional ceremonies. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2021). bonadj. /bɒ̃/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French bon. Etymology: < French bon good (see boon adj.). Used in certain French phrases. a. bon-accord n. /ˈbɔnəˈkɔrd/ Scottish. Agreement, good-will, good-fellowship; an expression of good will. [ < French bon accord (mid 15th cent. in Middle French) < bon bon adj. + accord accord n.] ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > [noun] > comradeship bon-accordc1650 comradeship1821 camaraderie1840 comradery1879 comradeliness1930 society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > [noun] > concord sibsomenesseOE somec1000 somrednessa1250 accordc1275 onehead1340 unityc1384 concordc1386 accordance1388 union?1435 onement1454 greement1483 agreeance1525 agreement1529 atonementa1535 onenessa1575 onehood?1578 harmony1588 agreea1592 unison1606 commodation1643 bon-accordc1650 unisoniety1663 regalia1745 at-oneness1877 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [noun] > goodwill or kind intention goodwilleOE favoura1340 well-willinga1382 well-meaninga1393 good nature?c1450 voillancea1500 well-disposedness1606 bon-accordc1650 well-meaningness1663 well-naturedness1679 well-intentionedness1799 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [noun] > goodwill or kind intention > a good wish well wish1595 wish1597 bon-accordc1650 c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1850) I. 274 Articles of Bonacord, to be condiscendit vnto by the maiestratis of Abirdein. c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1850) I. 276 A peremptour present ansuer of Bon-accord or Mal-accord. c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1850) I. 208 During whiche tyme he gat no bon-acord drunkin to him. 1887 N.E.D. at Bon Mod. (Aberdeen is sometimes called ‘the city of Bon-accord’: the word is also frequent in the titles of Scottish charitable and convivial societies.) b. bon appétit n. /bɔn apeti/ A salutation before eating. [ < French bon appetit good appetite (a1695; 1835 as a greeting) < bon bon adj. + appetit appetite n.] ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > [interjection] > salutation prior to eating profacec1500 bon appétit1860 1860 E. C. Gaskell Let. Aug. (1966) 626 We wandered about in the Park, being bitten by gnats..& there was no need to wish them ‘Bon Appetit!’ 1965 I. Fleming Man with Golden Gun xiii. 170 The circling buzzard had found its offal... Bond wished it ‘bon appétit’. 1984 Washington Post 12 Feb. h7/2 Take it as a challenge to redirect your cooking skills by preserving the pleasures of dining out and at the same time protecting your health. Bon appetit! c. bon-chrétien n. /bɔ̃kretjɛ̃/ Also 1500s–1600s -chrestien, -crestien. A name given to one or two kinds of pears. [ < French bon chrétien (15th cent.), literally ‘good Christian’ < bon bon adj. + chrétien (see Christian adj. and n.).] ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > pear > [noun] > other types of pear calewey1377 choke-pear1530 muscadel1555 lording1573 bon-chrétienc1575 Burgundian pear1578 king pear1585 amiot1600 bergamot1600 butter pear1600 dew-pear1600 greening1600 bottle pear1601 gourd-pear1601 critling1611 pearc1612 nutmeg1629 rosewater pear1629 amber pear1638 Christian1651 chesil1664 diego1664 frith-pear1664 primate1664 saffron pear1664 Windsor pear1664 nonsuch1674 muscat1675 burnt-cat1676 ambrette1686 sanguinole1693 satin1693 St. Germain pear1693 amadot1706 burree1719 Doyenne1731 beurré1736 colmar1736 chaumontel1755 Marie Louise1817 seckel1817 vergaloo1828 Passe Colmar1837 glou-morceau1859 London sugar1860 Kieffer pear1880 sand pear1880 sandy pear1884 nashi1892 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > pear > other types of calewey1377 honey peara1400 pome-pear1440 pome-wardena1513 choke-pear1530 muscadel1555 worry pear1562 lording1573 bon-chrétienc1575 Burgundian pear1578 king pear1585 pound pear1585 poppering1597 wood of Jerusalem1597 muscadine1598 amiot1600 bergamot1600 butter pear1600 dew-pear1600 greening1600 mollart1600 roset1600 wax pear1600 bottle pear1601 gourd-pear1601 Venerian pear1601 musk pear1611 rose pear1611 pusill1615 Christian1629 nutmeg1629 rolling pear1629 surreine1629 sweater1629 amber pear1638 Venus-pear1648 horse-pear1657 Martin1658 russet1658 rousselet1660 diego1664 frith-pear1664 maudlin1664 Messire Jean1664 primate1664 sovereign1664 spindle-pear1664 stopple-pear1664 sugar-pear1664 virgin1664 Windsor pear1664 violet-pear1666 nonsuch1674 muscat1675 burnt-cat1676 squash pear1676 rose1678 Longueville1681 maiden-heart1685 ambrette1686 vermilion1691 admiral1693 sanguinole1693 satin1693 St. Germain pear1693 pounder pear1697 vine-pear1704 amadot1706 marchioness1706 marquise1706 Margaret1707 short-neck1707 musk1708 burree1719 marquis1728 union pear1728 Doyenne pear1731 Magdalene1731 beurré1736 colmar1736 Monsieur Jean1736 muscadella1736 swan's egg1736 chaumontel1755 St Michael's pear1796 Williams1807 Marie Louise1817 seckel1817 Bartlett1828 vergaloo1828 Passe Colmar1837 glou-morceau1859 London sugar1860 snow-pear1860 Comice1866 Kieffer pear1880 sand pear1880 sandy pear1884 snowy pear1884 c1575 Arte of Planting 39 Specially the Peare called bon Chrestien. 1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 66 in Sylva Great Kairville, Winter-Bon-Cretienne. 1706 J. Gardiner tr. R. Rapin Of Gardens iv. 162 By happy Art, thus Amiterna's Shade, Rich with the sweet Boon-cretien Pear is made. 1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais iv. liv I'll call them bon-christian or good-christian pears. 1859 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Gardening , Kitchen Pears 60 Spanish bon Chrétien, long known in France, probably from Spain. d. bon enfant n. /bɔn ɑ̃fɑ̃/ lit. ‘good child’; an agreeable or jolly companion. [ < French bon enfant agreeable person (1560), literally ‘good child’ < bon bon adj. + enfant infant n.¹] ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > a companion or associate > [noun] > pleasant fellowa1225 bully rook1602 crick1616 bon enfant1836 jollier1896 1836 H. Greville Diary (1883) 105 He is very merry and bon enfant, and quickly enters into conversation. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lxiv. 588 Look, Madame Crawley, you were always bon enfant, and I have an interest in you, parole d'honneur. 1883 Sat. Rev. 6 Jan. 3/1 He was always and to every one bon enfant. e. bon gré mal gré adv. and phr. willingly or unwillingly. (See bongre adv.) [ < French bon gré mal gré (see maugre n.); compare bongre maugre at maugre adv. 3.] ΘΚΠ the mind > will > necessity > [adverb] > whether one will or not would…nouldOE whether he (etc.) will or nillOE will I (or) nill I (he, they, etc.)OE maugre1340 nill he, will hea1400 who(ever) will or nillc1449 bongre maugrec1450 whether‥yea or no (also nay)1515 nolens volens1547 willing or nilling1578 volens nolens1602 willy-nilly1608 nilling, willing1657 nilly-willy1662 bon gré mal gré1818 wilta shalta1824 william-nilliam1907 1818 E. Blaquière tr. F. Pananti Narr. Resid. Algiers xii. 233 The mother is constantly in attendance, to enforce their being devoured bon gré malgré. 1818 Lady Morgan Florence Macarthy I. iii. 153 And now, you may depend upon it, bon gré, malgré, we shall be fated to stop at this Lis—something. 1825 H. Wilson Mem. I. 172 Your sister Amy..drove me, bongré malgré, to her house, and then insisted on my walking up stairs, and supping with her. 1848 A. Trollope Kellys & O'Kellys II. xi. 249 They were going to drag him into the box bongré malgré. 1870 C. M. Yonge Caged Lion x. 177 She must submit, bon gré, mal gré, to become the wife of the Scottish prince. f. bonjour n. /bɔ̃ ʒur/ lit. ‘good day’; a form of salutation on meeting in the daytime; hence, a civil greeting. [ < Middle French, French bonjour (a1230 in Old French as a collocation; 15th cent. as a greeting) < bon bon adj. + jour (see jour n.¹).] ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > courteous formulae [phrase] > terms of greeting > at specific times of day good morrowc1390 good mornc1400 God give you good even1481 good evena1500 bonjour1573 1573 G. Gascoigne Disc. Aduentures Master F. I. in Hundreth Sundrie Flowres 273 Who after their Bon iour did all (vna voce) seeme to lament the sickness of F. I. 1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus i. i. 490 To morrow..With horne and hound, weele giue your grace bon iour . View more context for this quotation 1595 Blanchardine & Eglantine K2 After Sadony had royally presented himselfe to the veiw of all, giuing a princely boniure to the Lordes. 1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward I. iii. 60 The landlord entered,—answered his bon jour with a reverence. 1853 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes (1854) I. v. 50 The sea being recommended to him Mrs. Newcome..transferred him to his maternal aunt at Brighton. Then it was bonjour. g. bon mot n. /bɔ̃ mo/, plural /moz/ A clever or witty saying; a witticism, repartee. [ < French bon mot good saying (c1227 in Old French) < bon bon adj. + mot mot n.²] ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > wit with words > [noun] > instance of crank1594 wits, fits, and fancies1595 jerk1598 quirk1600 tongue-squib1628 dictery1632 repartee1637 quip1645 good thing1671 bon mot1735 a play on (also upon) words1761 sally1781 wordplay1794 southboarda1805 mot1813 smartism1830 1735 King in Swift's Lett. (1768) IV. 115 What is he doing with his bons mots? 1781 W. Cowper Truth 307 The Scripture was his jest-book, whence he drew Bon mots to gall the Christian and the Jew. 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XIII xcvii. 103 What unexpected woes Await those who have studied their bon mots. 1826 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey II. iv. v. 205 Come! a bon mot. 1875 R. W. Emerson Lett. & Social Aims vi. 146 The bon-mots that circulate in Society. h. bon-ton n. /bɔ̃tɔ̃/ archaic. Good style, good breeding; polite or fashionable society; the fashionable world. Also attributive. [ < French bon ton (1746) < bon bon adj. + ton ton n.³] ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > fashionable society > [noun] > style or quality of fashion1604 mode1668 bon-ton1747 haut ton1801 swellism1840 West Endism1841 swellishness1863 toffishness1873 mundanity1892 swellness1894 1747 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 1 Dec. (1932) (modernized text) III. 1061 Leipsig is not the place to give him that bon ton, which I know he wants. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker I. 214 She lives in the bon ton..and is visited by persons of the first fashion. 1807 Salmagundi 31 Dec. 392 To harangue the bon-ton reader. 1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 1 Aug. 10/2 There was a word, or rather a phrase, in common use among them a century or so gone by which has fallen into desuetude with us. No one now speaks of bon ton. i. bon-vivant n. /bɔ̃vivɑ̃/ (also bonne vivante /bɔn vivɑ̃t/feminine) One fond of good living; a gourmand. [ < French bon vivant (1680; also bonne vivante, feminine) < bon bon adj. + vivant living (see vivand adj.).] ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > gastronomy > [noun] > gastronome or epicure viandera1556 sweet-lips1580 deipnosophist1581 feaster1585 epicure1586 friand1598 palatist1620 goinfre1643 palate-mana1661 palate-peoplea1661 bon-vivant1695 belly-critica1711 gourmand1758 turtle-eatera1774 connoisseur1796 gullet-fancier1805 gastrophilist1814 gastrologer1820 gastronomer1820 gastrophile1820 gourmet1820 palatician1821 gastrologist1822 gastronome1823 gastronomist1825 degustator1833 aristologist1835 opsophagist1854 gastrosoph1855 bon viveur1865 gastrosopher1894 foodist1906 foodie1980 1695 Marquis of Halifax Some Cautions Members Parl. 29 The truth is, the habit of such Bons vivants, which is the fashionable word, maketh a suspicion so likely. 1798 M. Edgeworth & R. L. Edgeworth Pract. Educ. I. x. 279 The sympathy of bon vivants is..very lively and sincere towards each other. 1824 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XV lxiv. 37 But though a ‘bonne vivante’..Her stomach's not her peccant part. 1862 Fraser's Mag. July 46 He was also a bon-vivant, a diner-out, and a story-teller. j. bon viveur n. /bɔ̃ vivœr/ A pseudo-French substitute for bon-vivant n. at sense i. [ < French bon viveur (1834 or earlier) < bon bon adj. + viveur a living person (see viveur n.).] ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > gastronomy > [noun] > gastronome or epicure viandera1556 sweet-lips1580 deipnosophist1581 feaster1585 epicure1586 friand1598 palatist1620 goinfre1643 palate-mana1661 palate-peoplea1661 bon-vivant1695 belly-critica1711 gourmand1758 turtle-eatera1774 connoisseur1796 gullet-fancier1805 gastrophilist1814 gastrologer1820 gastronomer1820 gastrophile1820 gourmet1820 palatician1821 gastrologist1822 gastronome1823 gastronomist1825 degustator1833 aristologist1835 opsophagist1854 gastrosoph1855 bon viveur1865 gastrosopher1894 foodist1906 foodie1980 1865 ‘Ouida’ Strathmore I. xx. 297 A cosy bachelor-villa that had been long inhabited by an old English bon viveur. 1888 Athenæum 11 Feb. 171/3 Mr. Rogers has said and eaten as many good things as those excellent bons viveurs. k. bon voyage n. /bɔ̃ vwajaʒ/ see boon adj. 2 ‘Pleasant journey’: used esp. as an expression of farewell to a traveller. [ < French bon voyage (1518 in Middle French) < bon bon adj. + voyage voyage n.] ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > [phrase] > expression of farewell to traveller bon voyage1680 1680 R. L'Estrange tr. Erasmus 20 Select Colloquies iii. 51 After this, a swinging Glass was put about, to the Bon Voyage. 1825 H. Wilson Mem. II. 149 I coolly wished him un bon voyage, and..jumped into the carriage. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxxii. 276 Bon voyage, as they say. 1936 Times Lit. Suppl. 20 June 512/4 The reader will wish her bon voyage, many adventures..and a safe return. 1954 W. Stevens Let. 6 Apr. (1967) 824 Good luck and bon voyage! l. See bonair adj., bonally n., bon-bon n., bonchief n., bongrace n., bongre prep. and adv., bonhomie n., Bonhomme n.; cf. bonne n. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1899adj.1573
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