aigre-douxadj.

Brit.

/ˌɛɡrəˈduː/, U.S.

/ˌɛɡrəˈdu/

Forms: 1500s agerdows, 1600s eager douce, 1700s– aigre-doux, 1800s– aigre-douce (designating a woman, after the French feminine form); Scottish pre-1700 aigre douce.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French aigre-doux.

Etymology: < Middle French, French aigre-doux (although this is first attested later: 1541; originally and frequently in figurative contexts) < aigre sour (see eager adj.) + doux sweet (see douce adj.). Compare earlier egerdouce n. and later agrodolce adj.

That combines elements of sourness and sweetness; simultaneously sour and sweet; bittersweet. Frequently of a sauce (cf. agrodolce adj.) and in figurative contexts. Also as postmodifier.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adjective] > poignant

poignant?1473

aigre-doux1523

agrodolce1833

1523 J. Skelton Goodly Garlande of Laurell 1250 He wrate an Epitaph for his grave stone With wordes devoute & sentence agerdows. For he was ever agaynst Goddis hows.

c1586 J. Stewart Poems (1913) 157 Luif is ane aigre douce delyt and greif.

?1656 R. Flecknoe Relation Ten Years Trav. xxiii. 70 Limes of a mixt species, betwixt the Orange and Limon, all round, with a bunch on the top, of a drier tast, & mor eager douce than either.

1712 J. Swift Examiner No. 58. 322 That sort of Aigre-doux Favours which the Ladies let drop to the happy Man, such as Dear Dog!

1796 S. H. Burney Clarentine iv. 35 In his absence, though she never commenced, always readily supported that aigre-doux sort of conversation.

1848 New Monthly Mag. Oct. 156 ‘The great thing’, replied Mademoiselle Loriot, with an aigre-doux expression, meant probably for tenderness, ‘is to have confidence in your physician.’

1886 ‘Mrs. Washington’ Unrivalled Cook-bk. 291 Serve with cream sauce, or Old Humphrey's aigre-doux sauce.

1926 S. T. Warner Let. 4 Aug. (1982) 9 His only success is an aigre-doux quality which will infuriate any reader after the third page.

1984 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald-Jrnl. 12 June p28/1 French aigre-doux sauce..appears in many preparations involving game (currant jelly is the sweet addition).

2008 Patriot Ledger (Quincy, Mass.) (Nexis) 23 Apr. i. 26 It was moist and flavorful, and served with mashed potato, Calvados-glazed apples ‘aigre-doux’, lardons, [etc.].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	aigre-doux
释义	aigre-douxadj. Brit. /ˌɛɡrəˈduː/, U.S. /ˌɛɡrəˈdu/ Forms: 1500s agerdows, 1600s eager douce, 1700s– aigre-doux, 1800s– aigre-douce (designating a woman, after the French feminine form); Scottish pre-1700 aigre douce. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French aigre-doux. Etymology: < Middle French, French aigre-doux (although this is first attested later: 1541; originally and frequently in figurative contexts) < aigre sour (see eager adj.) + doux sweet (see douce adj.). Compare earlier egerdouce n. and later agrodolce adj. That combines elements of sourness and sweetness; simultaneously sour and sweet; bittersweet. Frequently of a sauce (cf. agrodolce adj.) and in figurative contexts. Also as postmodifier. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adjective] > poignant poignant?1473 aigre-doux1523 agrodolce1833 1523 J. Skelton Goodly Garlande of Laurell 1250 He wrate an Epitaph for his grave stone With wordes devoute & sentence agerdows. For he was ever agaynst Goddis hows. c1586 J. Stewart Poems (1913) 157 Luif is ane aigre douce delyt and greif. ?1656 R. Flecknoe Relation Ten Years Trav. xxiii. 70 Limes of a mixt species, betwixt the Orange and Limon, all round, with a bunch on the top, of a drier tast, & mor eager douce than either. 1712 J. Swift Examiner No. 58. 322 That sort of Aigre-doux Favours which the Ladies let drop to the happy Man, such as Dear Dog! 1796 S. H. Burney Clarentine iv. 35 In his absence, though she never commenced, always readily supported that aigre-doux sort of conversation. 1848 New Monthly Mag. Oct. 156 ‘The great thing’, replied Mademoiselle Loriot, with an aigre-doux expression, meant probably for tenderness, ‘is to have confidence in your physician.’ 1886 ‘Mrs. Washington’ Unrivalled Cook-bk. 291 Serve with cream sauce, or Old Humphrey's aigre-doux sauce. 1926 S. T. Warner Let. 4 Aug. (1982) 9 His only success is an aigre-doux quality which will infuriate any reader after the third page. 1984 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald-Jrnl. 12 June p28/1 French aigre-doux sauce..appears in many preparations involving game (currant jelly is the sweet addition). 2008 Patriot Ledger (Quincy, Mass.) (Nexis) 23 Apr. i. 26 It was moist and flavorful, and served with mashed potato, Calvados-glazed apples ‘aigre-doux’, lardons, [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1523
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