单词 | viveur |
释义 | viveurn. One who lives a fashionable and social life; a man of pleasure. Cf. bon viveur n. at bon adj. j. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > fashionable society > [noun] > member of (man, woman) of fashion1702 fashionablea1800 taste-meter1814 presentee1822 societarian1841 viveur1845 fashion-fly1868 socialite1909 celebutante1939 jet-setter1959 Sloanie1982 1845 W. M. Thackeray in Fraser's Mag. Nov. 591/2 He became a viveur and jolly dog about town. 1901 ‘L. Malet’ Hist. Richard Calmady iii. x. 261 He has the credit of being something of a viveur. He knew not only his Paris, but his Baden-Baden, and his Naples, and various other warm corners where great and good men..congregate. 1921 L. Strachey Queen Victoria iii. 70 The middle-aged, hard-faced viveur was addressed by his young hostess. 1943 Burlington Mag. Aug. 201/1 Boulestin was secretary to Willy, the well-known Parisian author, journalist and viveur, husband to Colette. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1845 |
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