dernieradj.
/ˈdəːnɪə//ˈdəːnɪeɪ/ a. Last; ultimate, final.
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the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > preceding or following in order > [adjective] > last in order
latemostOE
nextOE
aftermostOE
latestOE
lastc1175
outmost1447
terminalc1475
extreme1477
hindmost1526
final1530
lag1552
uttermosta1555
darrein1555
utter1558
lattermost1566
afterward1584
dernier1602
ultime1626
ultimate1728
postreme1814
1602 R. Tyrie 5 Godlie Serm. 45 The latter day..wherein we must take our dernier adewe.
1682 Duke of Buckingham Fletcher's Chances v. iii. sig. I1 Sir I am in the derniere confusion to avow that [etc.].
a1734 R. North Lives of Norths I. 109 While this dernier writ of error hung in the House of Lords undetermined.
1751 E. Haywood Hist. Betsy Thoughtless I. xiii. 149 Every thing but the dernier undoing deed.
1797 A. M. Bennett Beggar Girl IV. v. 160 On how many chances did this dernier hope hang!
b. dernier resort n. (now always in French form dernier ressort) last resort; originally (in reference to legal jurisdiction) the last tribunal or court to which appeal can be made, that which has the power of final decision; hence, a last or final resource or refuge.
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society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [noun] > court of appeal or review > types of > of last resort
dernier resort1641
1641 Abp. J. Williams Speech in J. Stephens Apol. Bishops (1661) x. 89 Here I have fixt my Areopagus, and dernier resort, being not like to make any further appeal.
1709 Refl. Sacheverell's Serm. 3 The People..were the dernier Resort of Justice and Dominion.
a1710 R. Atkyns Parl. & Polit. Tracts (1734) 97 The High Court of Parliament is the dernier Resort.
1711 W. King et al. Vindic. Sacheverell 73 The Pretender is your dernier Resort.
1778 Fothergill in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 69 2 I recommended, as a dernier resort, a trial of electricity.
1792 J. Belknap Hist. New-Hampsh. III. 256 The dernier resort was to a court of appeals, consisting of the Governor and Council.
1893 Nation (N.Y.) 9 Feb. 111/1 The word elementum..hithertofore, as a dernier ressort, has been referred in some way to alimentum.
c. le (or the) dernier cri [French, lit. ‘the last cry’] : the very latest fashion. Also in predicative use and (without article) attributive.
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the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun] > the or a prevailing fashion
gentryc1400
the fashion1569
mainstream1599
the trim1603
mood1646
mode1649
vogue1649
beauty1653
à la mode1654
turn1695
the kick1699
goût1717
thing1734
taste1739
ton1769
nick1788
the tippy1790
twig1811
latest1814
dernier mot1834
ticket1838
kibosh1880
last cry1887
le (or the) dernier cri1896
flavour of the month (or week)1946
vague1962
1896 Westm. Gaz. 10 Dec. 3/2 At a moment when cut-steel is le dernier cri.
1903 Lady's Realm XIV. 407/1 The shade par excellence for grey Father Thames is scarlet; in Paris this is the dernier cri.
1906 Westm. Gaz. 13 June 6/7 There was a time when the lisp was, so to speak, the ‘dernier cri’.
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. x. [Wandering Rocks] 243 Henry and James's wax smartsuited freshcheeked models, the gentlemen Henry, dernier cri James.
1928 Daily Express 16 June 5/5 That is why they wear hats and gowns that they are told are le dernier cri.
1928 Daily Express 9 Nov. 5/4 Any old necklace can be made modern and ‘dernier cri’.
1960 Times 8 Jan. 13/6 The drabness of much dernier cri music.
d. dernier mot n. the last word (see word n. and int. Phrases 3c(b)).
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the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun] > the or a prevailing fashion
gentryc1400
the fashion1569
mainstream1599
the trim1603
mood1646
mode1649
vogue1649
beauty1653
à la mode1654
turn1695
the kick1699
goût1717
thing1734
taste1739
ton1769
nick1788
the tippy1790
twig1811
latest1814
dernier mot1834
ticket1838
kibosh1880
last cry1887
le (or the) dernier cri1896
flavour of the month (or week)1946
vague1962
the world > action or operation > completing > [noun] > that which > concluding action, utterance, etc. > conclusive act, utterance, etc.
clincher1737
settler1744
dernier mot1834
the last word1842
1834 J. S. Mill in Monthly Repos. 8 311 Propositions..are put forth with an air of authority,..as if they were the dernier mot of some great question.
1905 To-Day 8 Mar. 175/2 One would have thought this group the dernier mot of singing.
1937 S. Spender Forward from Liberalism 94 Private property..and inheritance, appeared to me..the dernier mot of legislation.
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