chocolate boxn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈtʃɒk(ə)lət bɒks/, U.S.

/ˈtʃɔk(ə)lət ˌbɑks/,

/ˈtʃɑk(ə)lət ˌbɑks/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: chocolate n., box n.²

Etymology: < chocolate n. + box n.²

A. n.

A box or tin filled with chocolates, stereotypically one decorated in a conventionally pretty or sentimental style; (hence) an artistic style or aesthetic resembling or reminiscent of such decoration.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > container for food > [noun] > chest, box, or bag > for sweets

dredge-box1525

candy box1799

bonbonnière1818

drageoir1861

chocolate box1865

society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [noun] > work of art > qualities generally

decoruma1568

humoura1568

variety1597

strength1608

uniformity1625

barbarity1644

freedom1645

boldness1677

correctness1684

clinquant1711

unity1712

contrast1713

meretriciousness1727

airiness1734

pathos1739

chastity1760

vigour1774

prettyism1789

mannerism1803

serio-comic1805

actuality1812

largeness1824

local colour1829

subjectivitya1834

idealism1841

pastoralism1842

inartisticalitya1849

academicism1852

realism1856

colour contrast1858

crampedness1858

niggling1858

audacity1859

superreality1859

literalism1860

pseudo-classicism1861

sensationalism1862

sensationism1862

chocolate box1865

pseudo-classicality1867

academism1871

actualism1872

academicalism1874

ethos1875

terribilità1877

local colouring1881

neoclassicism1893

mass effect1902

attack1905

verismo1908

kitsch1921

abstraction1923

self-consciousness1932

surreality1936

tension1941

build-up1942

sprezzatura1957

1865 Sat. Rev. 7 Jan. 23/1 She has chosen to occupy limited and valuable space with pretty inane groups from the harem, after the fashion of the covers of French chocolate-boxes, or with indifferent semi-Oriental street pictures after the manner of Preziosi.

1869 W. P. Lancaster Ropes of Sand I. vi. 144 I should like to shake her when she tried to put on the expression of a French saint on a chocolate box.

1933 D. Thomas Let. Oct. (1987) 32 The whole poem I should like to see upon the cover of a chocolate box; its flavours would mix well with the taste of coffee-centres and crême de menthe.

1945 W. S. Churchill Let. 3 Sept. in W. S. Churchill & C. S. Churchill Speaking for Themselves (1999) xxiv. 533 These lakeshore subjects run a great risk of degenerating into ‘chocolate box’, even if successfully executed.

1959 Spectator 24 July 102/1 ‘Classical ballet’..in its chocolate-box you will still find a few sexless sylphs and glades.

2011 Church Times 6 May 40/1 I live in a French chalet that could decorate any chocolate box, overlooking Lake Léman.

B. adj. (attributive).

Of a view, picture, artistic style, aesthetic, etc.: resembling or reminiscent of the stereotypical decoration of a chocolate box; pretty in a conventional or sentimental way.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > qualities or styles of painting > [adjective] > other qualities or styles

plangent1666

dry1695

sticky1753

flat1755

spotty1798

touchy1809

definitive1815

edgy1825

painty1827

scratchy1827

unideal1838

tinglish1855

generalist1858

tinny1877

Christmas-cardy1883

tinty1883

surfacy1887

chocolate box1892

chocolate-boxy1894

Christmas card1895

juicy1897

candy box1898

pastose1901

busy1909

pompier1914

posterish1914

painterly1932

X-ray1940

illusional1942

all-over1948

figurative1960

hard-edge1961

1892 Eclectic Mag. Mar. 419/1 How could I ever have admired that chocolate-box barmaid style of prettiness?

1901 Daily Chron. 22 Aug. 3/3 It is odd that a writer whose observation..is so real should..be satisfied with these chocolate-box conventions.

1955 W. S. Graham Let. 23 June in Nightfisherman (1999) 144 I wanted to write about the sea and make it a grey green sea, not a chocolate box sea.

1965 Listener 18 Nov. 795/2 The sequence.., for all its chocolate-box vulgarity, contains sufficient emotional impact [etc.].

2012 Independent 28 Nov. 45/2 This might not be chocolate-box Britain, but this eerier, anarchic vision of rural life is just as traditional, if not more so.

Derivatives

ˈchocolate-ˌboxy adj. (also chocolate-boxey) = sense B.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > qualities or styles of painting > [adjective] > other qualities or styles

plangent1666

dry1695

sticky1753

flat1755

spotty1798

touchy1809

definitive1815

edgy1825

painty1827

scratchy1827

unideal1838

tinglish1855

generalist1858

tinny1877

Christmas-cardy1883

tinty1883

surfacy1887

chocolate box1892

chocolate-boxy1894

Christmas card1895

juicy1897

candy box1898

pastose1901

busy1909

pompier1914

posterish1914

painterly1932

X-ray1940

illusional1942

all-over1948

figurative1960

hard-edge1961

1894 E. Œ. Somerville & ‘M. Ross’ Real Charlotte I. viii. 114 Christopher will only say that she is chocolate-boxey!

1923 A. Huxley On Margin 198 A fear of becoming sentimental, or ‘chocolate-boxy’.

1959 Observer 2 Aug. 12/7 The harsh unrelieved lighting tends to make every group on which the camera dwells look chocolate-boxy.

2011 Church Times 1 Apr. 28/4 The novel's political significance was perhaps the element most ruthlessly quashed—it looked more chocolate-boxy than its author surely intended.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	chocolate box
释义	chocolate boxn.adj. Brit. /ˈtʃɒk(ə)lət bɒks/, U.S. /ˈtʃɔk(ə)lət ˌbɑks/, /ˈtʃɑk(ə)lət ˌbɑks/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: chocolate n., box n.² Etymology: < chocolate n. + box n.² A. n. A box or tin filled with chocolates, stereotypically one decorated in a conventionally pretty or sentimental style; (hence) an artistic style or aesthetic resembling or reminiscent of such decoration. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > container for food > [noun] > chest, box, or bag > for sweets dredge-box1525 candy box1799 bonbonnière1818 drageoir1861 chocolate box1865 society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [noun] > work of art > qualities generally decoruma1568 humoura1568 variety1597 strength1608 uniformity1625 barbarity1644 freedom1645 boldness1677 correctness1684 clinquant1711 unity1712 contrast1713 meretriciousness1727 airiness1734 pathos1739 chastity1760 vigour1774 prettyism1789 mannerism1803 serio-comic1805 actuality1812 largeness1824 local colour1829 subjectivitya1834 idealism1841 pastoralism1842 inartisticalitya1849 academicism1852 realism1856 colour contrast1858 crampedness1858 niggling1858 audacity1859 superreality1859 literalism1860 pseudo-classicism1861 sensationalism1862 sensationism1862 chocolate box1865 pseudo-classicality1867 academism1871 actualism1872 academicalism1874 ethos1875 terribilità1877 local colouring1881 neoclassicism1893 mass effect1902 attack1905 verismo1908 kitsch1921 abstraction1923 self-consciousness1932 surreality1936 tension1941 build-up1942 sprezzatura1957 1865 Sat. Rev. 7 Jan. 23/1 She has chosen to occupy limited and valuable space with pretty inane groups from the harem, after the fashion of the covers of French chocolate-boxes, or with indifferent semi-Oriental street pictures after the manner of Preziosi. 1869 W. P. Lancaster Ropes of Sand I. vi. 144 I should like to shake her when she tried to put on the expression of a French saint on a chocolate box. 1933 D. Thomas Let. Oct. (1987) 32 The whole poem I should like to see upon the cover of a chocolate box; its flavours would mix well with the taste of coffee-centres and crême de menthe. 1945 W. S. Churchill Let. 3 Sept. in W. S. Churchill & C. S. Churchill Speaking for Themselves (1999) xxiv. 533 These lakeshore subjects run a great risk of degenerating into ‘chocolate box’, even if successfully executed. 1959 Spectator 24 July 102/1 ‘Classical ballet’..in its chocolate-box you will still find a few sexless sylphs and glades. 2011 Church Times 6 May 40/1 I live in a French chalet that could decorate any chocolate box, overlooking Lake Léman. B. adj. (attributive). Of a view, picture, artistic style, aesthetic, etc.: resembling or reminiscent of the stereotypical decoration of a chocolate box; pretty in a conventional or sentimental way. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > qualities or styles of painting > [adjective] > other qualities or styles plangent1666 dry1695 sticky1753 flat1755 spotty1798 touchy1809 definitive1815 edgy1825 painty1827 scratchy1827 unideal1838 tinglish1855 generalist1858 tinny1877 Christmas-cardy1883 tinty1883 surfacy1887 chocolate box1892 chocolate-boxy1894 Christmas card1895 juicy1897 candy box1898 pastose1901 busy1909 pompier1914 posterish1914 painterly1932 X-ray1940 illusional1942 all-over1948 figurative1960 hard-edge1961 1892 Eclectic Mag. Mar. 419/1 How could I ever have admired that chocolate-box barmaid style of prettiness? 1901 Daily Chron. 22 Aug. 3/3 It is odd that a writer whose observation..is so real should..be satisfied with these chocolate-box conventions. 1955 W. S. Graham Let. 23 June in Nightfisherman (1999) 144 I wanted to write about the sea and make it a grey green sea, not a chocolate box sea. 1965 Listener 18 Nov. 795/2 The sequence.., for all its chocolate-box vulgarity, contains sufficient emotional impact [etc.]. 2012 Independent 28 Nov. 45/2 This might not be chocolate-box Britain, but this eerier, anarchic vision of rural life is just as traditional, if not more so. Derivatives ˈchocolate-ˌboxy adj. (also chocolate-boxey) = sense B. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > qualities or styles of painting > [adjective] > other qualities or styles plangent1666 dry1695 sticky1753 flat1755 spotty1798 touchy1809 definitive1815 edgy1825 painty1827 scratchy1827 unideal1838 tinglish1855 generalist1858 tinny1877 Christmas-cardy1883 tinty1883 surfacy1887 chocolate box1892 chocolate-boxy1894 Christmas card1895 juicy1897 candy box1898 pastose1901 busy1909 pompier1914 posterish1914 painterly1932 X-ray1940 illusional1942 all-over1948 figurative1960 hard-edge1961 1894 E. Œ. Somerville & ‘M. Ross’ Real Charlotte I. viii. 114 Christopher will only say that she is chocolate-boxey! 1923 A. Huxley On Margin 198 A fear of becoming sentimental, or ‘chocolate-boxy’. 1959 Observer 2 Aug. 12/7 The harsh unrelieved lighting tends to make every group on which the camera dwells look chocolate-boxy. 2011 Church Times 1 Apr. 28/4 The novel's political significance was perhaps the element most ruthlessly quashed—it looked more chocolate-boxy than its author surely intended. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1865
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