cloun.

/klu/

Etymology: French, = nail.

That which holds the attention; the chief attraction, point of greatest interest, or central idea.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > attention > attracting attention > [noun] > subject of interest > designed to attract

attraction1607

attractive1615

stunt1878

clou1883

gimmick1926

stopper1968

1883 Daily News 4 Aug. 5/1 The degree of copyright in the central idea, or ‘clou’, as it is called in France, of a drama or romance.

1885 Daily News 24 Jan. The clou or mainspring of his play.

1904 Amer. Inventor 1 Aug. 337 The displays of finished goods, each containing some ‘clou’, such as a $5,000 blanket in the blanket section.

1907 Westm. Gaz. 9 Nov. 14/3 The new 30-h.p. six-cylinder Napier chassis..is, of course, the clou of the Napier exhibit.

1918 A. Quiller-Couch Stud. in Lit. 1st Ser. iii. 67 This epigrammatic clou, of all things, Milton wished to avoid.

1927 Observer 25 Sept. 18 The ‘clou’ of the evening, a new string quartet by Arnold Schönberg.

1959 Observer 24 May 19/7 The clou of the ballet is to be found in these four female solos.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	clou
释义	cloun. /klu/ Etymology: French, = nail. That which holds the attention; the chief attraction, point of greatest interest, or central idea. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attention > attracting attention > [noun] > subject of interest > designed to attract attraction1607 attractive1615 stunt1878 clou1883 gimmick1926 stopper1968 1883 Daily News 4 Aug. 5/1 The degree of copyright in the central idea, or ‘clou’, as it is called in France, of a drama or romance. 1885 Daily News 24 Jan. The clou or mainspring of his play. 1904 Amer. Inventor 1 Aug. 337 The displays of finished goods, each containing some ‘clou’, such as a $5,000 blanket in the blanket section. 1907 Westm. Gaz. 9 Nov. 14/3 The new 30-h.p. six-cylinder Napier chassis..is, of course, the clou of the Napier exhibit. 1918 A. Quiller-Couch Stud. in Lit. 1st Ser. iii. 67 This epigrammatic clou, of all things, Milton wished to avoid. 1927 Observer 25 Sept. 18 The ‘clou’ of the evening, a new string quartet by Arnold Schönberg. 1959 Observer 24 May 19/7 The clou of the ballet is to be found in these four female solos. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1883
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