单词 | vichy |
释义 | Vichyn. 1. Used attributively and elliptically to designate a mineral water obtained from springs near Vichy. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > water > [noun] > mineral water > types of acidulae1670 Malvern water1756 Saratoga water1793 barége1811 Vichy1858 Congress water1865 Apollinaris1875 Contrexéville1877 Polly1878 Poland1881 St. Galmier1883 Vittel1895 Perrier1904 Evian1907 San Pellegrino1924 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products 401/1 Vichy-water. 1876 Nature 10 Aug. 320/2 Vichy waters, from a physiological and hygienic point of view. 1882 Harvard Lampoon 26 Jan. 87/2 Vichy and Seltzer possessed of limpidity. 1903 Smart Set 9 16 He..mixed the contents of the phial in a glass half-filled with vichy. 2. Used to denote the government of France which operated from Vichy (1940–44) in collaboration with the Germans; frequently attributive and in other combinations. Also transferred and figurative. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > [noun] > specific governments of France Vichy1941 1941 Ann. Reg. 1940 162 In foreign affairs the watchword of the Vichy Government was ‘collaboration’ with the German conquerors. 1942 ‘G. Orwell’ in Partisan Rev. Mar. 159 Both Vichy and the Germans have found it quite easy to keep a façade of ‘French culture’ in existence. 1942 ‘M. Home’ House of Shade vi. 96 Vichy French territory had been entered at Bardai. 1949 A. Koestler Promise & Fulfilm. i. vii. 76 When, in 1941, British troops invaded Vichy-held Syria, they needed a vanguard of Commandos. 1965 B. Sweet-Escott Baker St. Irregular ii. 54 Efforts to start something in Morocco, then occupied by the Vichy French, had been a failure. 1966 G. Greene Comedians i. iii. 69 During the war..I served in the Political Intelligence Department of the Foreign Office, supervising the style of our propaganda to Vichy territory. 1970 R. Wingate Lord Ismay iv. 59 The German ability to use Vichy-controlled Syria as a route for her aircraft. 1979 P. Way Sunrise xiv. 146 The jail..had been convent no. 787 of the Poor Clares under West Africa's Vichy régime. 1980 Times 27 May 4/2 He went on to claim there was a ‘Vichy mentality’ in parts of the Foreign Office. The Home Office was ‘stuffed with reactionaries’. 1981 M. Warner Joan of Arc xiii. 263 Maurras's adherence to both Vichy and Joan of Arc. Derivatives ˈVichyist n. a supporter of the Vichy government. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > French politics > [noun] > support of specific dynasty or government > supporter of Armagnac1420 Anglo-French1796 Napoleonist1814 Bonapartist1815 Bourbonist1820 Orleanist1834 Vichyist1943 Vichyite1943 1943 Rev. Foreign Press (Foreign Office Research Dept.) 23 Aug. 105/1 (heading) ‘Combat’ and ‘Liberté’ demand severe measures against all Vichyists. 1958 Times 3 Dec. 8/5 M. Soustelle was in charge of intelligence and espionage, first against occupying Germans and then against Vichyists and Communists. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1858 |
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