单词 | sommité |
释义 | sommitén.2 A person of great eminence or influence. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > one who is important > one who has influence substantial1548 men of light and leading1790 big fish1827 big1833 sommité1856 leader1858 baron1876 heavyweight1889 Big Daddy1898 uncrowned king (queen)1917 big boy1921 top gun1941 society > authority > power > influence > [noun] > one who or that which influences > influential person genius1749 influence1775 godfather1830 influential1831 influentiality1841 sommité1856 leader1858 Big Daddy1898 macher1911 uncrowned king (queen)1917 1856 Sat. Rev. 19 Apr. 496/1 We observe the name of numerous sommités of the architectural profession. 1859 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock (1861) 27 You shall find all the ‘sommités’ of the press neatly collectionised, in the show-room portfolio. 1900 W. James Let. 2 Apr. (1920) II. 121 We must go in for budding genius, if we seek a European. If an American, we can get a sommité! 1938 A. Huxley Let. 12 Apr. (1969) 434 I thought him [sc. Dr. Gerald Webb] a most remarkable old man, and they all say he's one of the sommités in the matter of TB. 1965 Punch 24 Nov. 752/1 A High Table is an institution; it is not merely a collection of what the French used to call sommités. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.21856 |
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