| 释义 |
‖ pesame Obs.|ˈpesame|
[Sp. phrase pesa me ‘it grieves me’, hence as n. ‘a compliment of condolence’.]
An expression of condolence: in phrase to give or receive the pesame.
1676Lady A. Fanshawe Mem. (1830) 225, I waited upon the Queen to give her Majesty pesame of the King's death. 1678Phillips (ed. 4), Pesame (Sp.), a word often used by Travellers, and to give one the Pesame, is to condole with any one for his loss, or sorrow. |