Definition of mal du siècle in English:

mal du siècle

noun ˌmal d(j)uː ˈsjɛklmal dy sjɛklˌmal də sēˈek(lə)

mass noun

World-weariness.
Example sentencesExamples
- He is also a principal figure in French romanticism although his romanticism is less the melancholy, maudlin mal du siècle of many his contemporaries.
- Zeno is a hypochondriacal, neurotic, delightful, solipsistic, self-examining and self-serving bourgeois, a true blossom of the mal du siècle.
- I find Weldon's coverage of her Girls' High School days rather sad, pathetic and tinged with a sort of private mal du siècle.
- For the Romantics, mal du siècle was the equivalent of ‘The Elizabethan Malady.’
- Never before nor after, so far as I know, has the famous mal du siècle been so succinctly expressed in a single sentence.

Origin

French, literally 'sickness of the century'.

Definition of mal du siècle in US English:

mal du siècle

nounˌmal də sēˈek(lə)

World-weariness.
Example sentencesExamples
- I find Weldon's coverage of her Girls' High School days rather sad, pathetic and tinged with a sort of private mal du siècle.
- Zeno is a hypochondriacal, neurotic, delightful, solipsistic, self-examining and self-serving bourgeois, a true blossom of the mal du siècle.
- Never before nor after, so far as I know, has the famous mal du siècle been so succinctly expressed in a single sentence.
- For the Romantics, mal du siècle was the equivalent of ‘The Elizabethan Malady.’
- He is also a principal figure in French romanticism although his romanticism is less the melancholy, maudlin mal du siècle of many his contemporaries.

Origin

French, literally ‘sickness of the century’.

单词	mal du siècle
释义	Definition of mal du siècle in English: mal du siècle noun ˌmal d(j)uː ˈsjɛklmal dy sjɛklˌmal də sēˈek(lə) mass noun World-weariness. Example sentencesExamples He is also a principal figure in French romanticism although his romanticism is less the melancholy, maudlin mal du siècle of many his contemporaries. Zeno is a hypochondriacal, neurotic, delightful, solipsistic, self-examining and self-serving bourgeois, a true blossom of the mal du siècle. I find Weldon's coverage of her Girls' High School days rather sad, pathetic and tinged with a sort of private mal du siècle. For the Romantics, mal du siècle was the equivalent of ‘The Elizabethan Malady.’ Never before nor after, so far as I know, has the famous mal du siècle been so succinctly expressed in a single sentence. Origin French, literally 'sickness of the century'. Definition of mal du siècle in US English: mal du siècle nounˌmal də sēˈek(lə) World-weariness. Example sentencesExamples I find Weldon's coverage of her Girls' High School days rather sad, pathetic and tinged with a sort of private mal du siècle. Zeno is a hypochondriacal, neurotic, delightful, solipsistic, self-examining and self-serving bourgeois, a true blossom of the mal du siècle. Never before nor after, so far as I know, has the famous mal du siècle been so succinctly expressed in a single sentence. For the Romantics, mal du siècle was the equivalent of ‘The Elizabethan Malady.’ He is also a principal figure in French romanticism although his romanticism is less the melancholy, maudlin mal du siècle of many his contemporaries. Origin French, literally ‘sickness of the century’.
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