à contre-coeuradv.

Brit.

/a ˌkɒntrə ˈkəː/,

/a ˌkɒ̃trə ˈkəː/, U.S.

/ɑ ˌkɑntrə ˈkər/

Forms: 1800s– à contre coeur, 1800s– à contre-coeur, 1900s– à contrecoeur.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French à contre-cœur.

Etymology: < French à contre-cœur against one's will, reluctantly (1579 in Middle French; earlier in e.g. avoir a contrecuer to dislike (c1393)) < à for, with + contre-cœur aversion (second half of the 12th cent. in Old French in e.g. avoir contrecœur to dislike, estre contre coer a to be adverse to; < contre against (see counter prep.) + cœur heart: see cœur n.).

Against one's will; reluctantly.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > unwillingness > [adverb]

unwillc893

uneathc900

unthankc960

latelyOE

against a person's willa1225

loatha1340

grutchingly1340

at one's unthanksa1400

wandsomely?a1400

at (or again) one's unwillesc1400

uneathsa1425

unwilfully1435

invitec1450

tarrowinglyc1480

scantly1509

nicely1530

tarryingly1530

unwillingly?1531

loathly1547

faintly1548

evil-willingly1549

grudgingly1549

difficultly1551

loathsomely1561

dangerously1573

ill-willing1579

backwardlya1586

costively1598

with an ill will1601

with (a) bad (also ill) grace1614

sadly1622

tenderlya1628

reluctantly1646

shyly1701

uncheerfully1754

à contre-coeur1803

shrinkingly1817

retractatively1851

begrudgingly1853

forcibly1867

loathfully1887

tharfly1894

1797 Charles Dacres II. vi. 74 Either a refusal, or complying with what is asked contre coeur, and with a bad grace.]

1803 E. Wynne Diary 10 July (1940) III. iv. 83 He really goes to sea quite à contre coeur as he was now so comfortably settled here.

1856 ‘G. Eliot’ in Jrnls. (1998) vii. 266 My preoccupation with my article, which I worked at considerably à contre-coeur, despairing of its ever being worth anything.

1893 C. M. Yonge & C. R. Coleridge Strolling Players xxv. 220 Having agreed, it would be well not to go on à contre cœur.

1926 R. Firbank Concerning Eccentricities Cardinal Pirelli vii. 84 Dear child... She accepts him..but a little à contre-cœur.

1993 A. Brink On Contrary ii. 241 Understandably, however much à contrecoeur, we brought some force to bear on the situation.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	à contre-coeur
释义	à contre-coeuradv. Brit. /a ˌkɒntrə ˈkəː/, /a ˌkɒ̃trə ˈkəː/, U.S. /ɑ ˌkɑntrə ˈkər/ Forms: 1800s– à contre coeur, 1800s– à contre-coeur, 1900s– à contrecoeur. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French à contre-cœur. Etymology: < French à contre-cœur against one's will, reluctantly (1579 in Middle French; earlier in e.g. avoir a contrecuer to dislike (c1393)) < à for, with + contre-cœur aversion (second half of the 12th cent. in Old French in e.g. avoir contrecœur to dislike, estre contre coer a to be adverse to; < contre against (see counter prep.) + cœur heart: see cœur n.). Against one's will; reluctantly. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > unwillingness > [adverb] unwillc893 uneathc900 unthankc960 latelyOE against a person's willa1225 loatha1340 grutchingly1340 at one's unthanksa1400 wandsomely?a1400 at (or again) one's unwillesc1400 uneathsa1425 unwilfully1435 invitec1450 tarrowinglyc1480 scantly1509 nicely1530 tarryingly1530 unwillingly?1531 loathly1547 faintly1548 evil-willingly1549 grudgingly1549 difficultly1551 loathsomely1561 dangerously1573 ill-willing1579 backwardlya1586 costively1598 with an ill will1601 with (a) bad (also ill) grace1614 sadly1622 tenderlya1628 reluctantly1646 shyly1701 uncheerfully1754 à contre-coeur1803 shrinkingly1817 retractatively1851 begrudgingly1853 forcibly1867 loathfully1887 tharfly1894 1797 Charles Dacres II. vi. 74 Either a refusal, or complying with what is asked contre coeur, and with a bad grace.] 1803 E. Wynne Diary 10 July (1940) III. iv. 83 He really goes to sea quite à contre coeur as he was now so comfortably settled here. 1856 ‘G. Eliot’ in Jrnls. (1998) vii. 266 My preoccupation with my article, which I worked at considerably à contre-coeur, despairing of its ever being worth anything. 1893 C. M. Yonge & C. R. Coleridge Strolling Players xxv. 220 Having agreed, it would be well not to go on à contre cœur. 1926 R. Firbank Concerning Eccentricities Cardinal Pirelli vii. 84 Dear child... She accepts him..but a little à contre-cœur. 1993 A. Brink On Contrary ii. 241 Understandably, however much à contrecoeur, we brought some force to bear on the situation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.1803
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