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dernier, a.
(ˈdɜːnɪə(r), ‖ dɛrnje)
[a. F. dernier:—OF. derrenier, deriv. of derrein: see darrein. The suffix is as in prem-ier, L. prīm-ārius.]
a. Last; ultimate, final.
1602R. T. Five Godlie Serm. 45 The latter day..wherein we must take our dernier adewe. a1688Villiers (Dk. Buckhm.) Chances, Sir, I am in the derniere confusion to avow, that [etc.]. a1734North Lives I. 109 While this dernier writ of error hung in the House of Lords undetermined. 1751Mrs. E. Heywood Betsy Thoughtless I. 149 Every thing but the dernier undoing deed. 1797A. M. Bennett Beggar Girl (1813) III. 96 On how many chances did this dernier hope hang!
b. dernier resort (now always in F. form dernier ressort): last resort; orig. (in reference to legal jurisdiction) the last tribunal or court to which appeal can be made, that which has the power of final decision; hence, a last or final resource or refuge.
1641Abp. Williams Sp. in Apol. Bishops (1661) 89 Here I have fixt my Areopagus, and dernier resort, being not like to make any further appeal. a1709Atkyns Parl. & Pol. Tracts (1734) 97 The High Court of Parliament is the dernier Resort. 1709Refl. Sacheverell's Serm. 3 The People..were the dernier Resort of Justice and Dominion. 1711Vind. Sacheverell 73 The Pretender is your dernier Resort. 1778Fothergill in Phil. Trans. LXIX. 2, I recommended, as a dernier resort, a trial of electricity. 1792J. Belknap Hist. New-Hampshire III. 256 The dernier resort was to a court of appeals, consisting of the Governor and Council. 1893Nation (N.Y.) 9 Feb. 111/1 The word elementum..hithertofore, as a dernier ressort, has been referred in some way to alimentum.
c. le (or the) dernier cri [Fr., lit. ‘the last cry’]: the very latest fashion. Also in predicative use and (without article) attrib.
1896Westm. Gaz. 10 Dec. 3/2 At a moment when cut-steel is le dernier cri. 1903Lady's Realm XIV. 407/1 The shade par excellence for grey Father Thames is scarlet; in Paris this is the dernier cri. 1906Westm. Gaz. 13 June 6/7 There was a time when the lisp was, so to speak, the ‘dernier cri’. 1922Joyce Ulysses 249 Henry and James's wax smartsuited freshcheeked models, the gentlemen Henry, dernier cri James. 1928Daily Express 16 June 5/5 That is why they wear hats and gowns that they are told are le dernier cri. Ibid. 9 Nov. 5/4 Any old necklace can be made modern and ‘dernier cri’. 1960Times 8 Jan. 13/6 The drabness of much dernier cri music.
d. dernier mot: the last word (see word n. 25).
1834J. S. Mill in Monthly Repos. VIII. 311 Propositions..are put forth with an air of authority,..as if they were the dernier mot of some great question. 1905To-Day 8 Mar. 175/2 One would have thought this group the dernier mot of singing. 1937S. Spender Forward from Liberalism 94 Private property..and inheritance, appeared to me..the dernier mot of legislation. |