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‖ voilà, imp. as prep. and int.|vwala|
[Fr., f. imp. of voir to see + là there.]
There is, are, etc. As int.: there it is! there you are! lo! voilà tout (tu) [= all], that is all, there is nothing more to do or say.
1739Gray Let. 12 Apr. (1971) I. lx. 102 The minute we came, voila Milors Holdernesse, Conway, and his brother. 1778H. Walpole Let. 12 Feb. (1955) XXVIII. 356 Voilà a truly long letter. 1801Jane Austen Let. 11 Feb. (1952) 121 Mr Bramston called here the morning before,—et voila tout. 1824B. R. Haydon Jrnl. 20 July in Autobiogr. (1926) I. 352, I have..no thoughts; I am painting portraits; voilà tout. 1858Lytton What will he do with It? (ed. 2) II. vi. i. 236 Ah, voilà! there he comes, the laggard! 1910W. J. Locke Simon vi. 78 Dale asked me if he could call. I said ‘Yes.’ Perhaps I was wrong. Anyhow, voila! 1920D. H. Lawrence Let. in C. Mackenzie My Life & Times (1966) V. 169 One of F's diamond rings was stolen... One shouldn't have diamonds voila tout! 1973Philadelphia Inquirer (Today Suppl.) 7 Oct. 5/1 Plain junk that becomes—voila!—a memento when a ‘Historic Philly’ decal is affixed. 1980Quilt World Sept./Oct. 42/3 The batting and backing were then trimmed and the edges of the quilt sewn shut. Voila! a completed quilt. 1981‘D. Jordan’ Double Red xxxiv. 156 Live all your life! That is all I know, voilà tout. |