vieuxadj.

/vjʊ/

The French word for ‘old’, used in various idiomatic phrases.

a. vieux jeu n. /ʒø/ [lit. ‘old game’] (something or someone) old-fashioned, hackneyed, outmoded, ‘old hat’.

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the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [noun] > old-fashionedness > something that is old-fashioned

fogramity1796

fossil1844

back number1882

vieux jeu1896

dinosaur1899

Model T1909

old hat1911

throwback1923

museum piece1928

geriatric1977

1888 H. James Reverberator II. iii. 57 His father..didn't think it well painted... ‘Poor dear papa, he only understands le vieux jeu!’

1891 M. S. van de Velde French Fiction of Today I. i. 7 Their contempt for what they call vieux jeu.]

1896 Mrs. H. Ward Sir George Tressady ii. xvi. 361 ‘Did you see the new piece at the Français?’ He made a face. ‘Not I! One couldn't be caught by such vieux jeu as that!’

1900 G. Murray Let. 30 July in G. B. Shaw Coll. Lett. (1972) II. 181 Cæsar..did not invent the sarcasm of calling the soldiers ‘Citizens’. It was vieux jeu.

1918 R. Fry Let. 14 Oct. (1972) II. 435 We are vieux jeu and incorrigibly nineteenth century.

1955 Times 30 June 15/1 Are not dilatory bus drivers and conductors by now somewhat vieux jeu?

1972 M. Glenny tr. A. Solzhenitsyn August 1914 lxii. 600 To indulge in arguments with hostile, half-baked youth struck him as vieux jeu and boring.

1975 Harpers & Queen June 128/3 Henri's parents are very French vieux jeu... My mother-in-law talks about Louis XV as though she knew him.

b. vieux marcheur n. /marʃœr/ [‘old campaigner’, < Le Vieux Marcheur (1909), a play by Henri Lavedon] an elderly womanizer; also transferred.

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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > sexual indulgence > womanizing or associating with loose women > one who > old

vieux marcheur1920

1920 G. B. Shaw Shaw on Theatre (1958) 133 All the young men are cads and cowards, all the old men vieux marcheurs.

1937 Times Lit. Suppl. 16 Jan. 39/1 Of all the vieux marcheurs in nature, the cock pheasant has almost the worst reputation.

1940 G. Arthur Concerning Winston Spencer Churchill 108 The immortal hero of Khartum—so ran an odious whisper—was addicted to the brandy bottle; Mr. Gladstone, so it was vulgarly suggested, pursued paths associated with a vieux marcheur.

c. vieux port n. /pɔr/ [‘old port’] the old harbour area of a modern French seaport.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town > [noun] > sea-port town > old harbour area of

vieux port1945

1945 E. Waugh Brideshead Revisited i. ii. 44 Those leprous façades in the vieux port at Marseille.

1957 ‘P. Quentin’ Suspicious Circumstances xvii. 198 The lights on all the boats moved in the Vieux Port.

1981 ‘D. Rutherford’ Porcupine Basin i. 11 Be at the Café des Voyageurs in the vieux port... Take a table on the terrasse.

d. vieux rose n. /roz/ [‘old rose’] = old rose n.² 2.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun] > shades of red > pale red or pink > deep pink

brown-pink1855

old rose1890

vieux rose1890

1890 Girl's Own Paper 11 Oct. 31/2 I should get your village dressmaker..to make you a vieux rose zephyr dress.

1916 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 1 July 12/3 The colors include white..old rose, gold..vieux rose, mid-brown, [etc.].

1941 E. Bowen Look at all those Roses 55 Light blared on the vieux rose curtains.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	vieux
释义	vieuxadj. /vjʊ/ The French word for ‘old’, used in various idiomatic phrases. a. vieux jeu n. /ʒø/ [lit. ‘old game’] (something or someone) old-fashioned, hackneyed, outmoded, ‘old hat’. ΘΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [noun] > old-fashionedness > something that is old-fashioned fogramity1796 fossil1844 back number1882 vieux jeu1896 dinosaur1899 Model T1909 old hat1911 throwback1923 museum piece1928 geriatric1977 1888 H. James Reverberator II. iii. 57 His father..didn't think it well painted... ‘Poor dear papa, he only understands le vieux jeu!’ 1891 M. S. van de Velde French Fiction of Today I. i. 7 Their contempt for what they call vieux jeu.] 1896 Mrs. H. Ward Sir George Tressady ii. xvi. 361 ‘Did you see the new piece at the Français?’ He made a face. ‘Not I! One couldn't be caught by such vieux jeu as that!’ 1900 G. Murray Let. 30 July in G. B. Shaw Coll. Lett. (1972) II. 181 Cæsar..did not invent the sarcasm of calling the soldiers ‘Citizens’. It was vieux jeu. 1918 R. Fry Let. 14 Oct. (1972) II. 435 We are vieux jeu and incorrigibly nineteenth century. 1955 Times 30 June 15/1 Are not dilatory bus drivers and conductors by now somewhat vieux jeu? 1972 M. Glenny tr. A. Solzhenitsyn August 1914 lxii. 600 To indulge in arguments with hostile, half-baked youth struck him as vieux jeu and boring. 1975 Harpers & Queen June 128/3 Henri's parents are very French vieux jeu... My mother-in-law talks about Louis XV as though she knew him. b. vieux marcheur n. /marʃœr/ [‘old campaigner’, < Le Vieux Marcheur (1909), a play by Henri Lavedon] an elderly womanizer; also transferred. ΘΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > sexual indulgence > womanizing or associating with loose women > one who > old vieux marcheur1920 1920 G. B. Shaw Shaw on Theatre (1958) 133 All the young men are cads and cowards, all the old men vieux marcheurs. 1937 Times Lit. Suppl. 16 Jan. 39/1 Of all the vieux marcheurs in nature, the cock pheasant has almost the worst reputation. 1940 G. Arthur Concerning Winston Spencer Churchill 108 The immortal hero of Khartum—so ran an odious whisper—was addicted to the brandy bottle; Mr. Gladstone, so it was vulgarly suggested, pursued paths associated with a vieux marcheur. c. vieux port n. /pɔr/ [‘old port’] the old harbour area of a modern French seaport. ΘΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town > [noun] > sea-port town > old harbour area of vieux port1945 1945 E. Waugh Brideshead Revisited i. ii. 44 Those leprous façades in the vieux port at Marseille. 1957 ‘P. Quentin’ Suspicious Circumstances xvii. 198 The lights on all the boats moved in the Vieux Port. 1981 ‘D. Rutherford’ Porcupine Basin i. 11 Be at the Café des Voyageurs in the vieux port... Take a table on the terrasse. d. vieux rose n. /roz/ [‘old rose’] = old rose n.² 2. ΘΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun] > shades of red > pale red or pink > deep pink brown-pink1855 old rose1890 vieux rose1890 1890 Girl's Own Paper 11 Oct. 31/2 I should get your village dressmaker..to make you a vieux rose zephyr dress. 1916 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 1 July 12/3 The colors include white..old rose, gold..vieux rose, mid-brown, [etc.]. 1941 E. Bowen Look at all those Roses 55 Light blared on the vieux rose curtains. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < adj.1890
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